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Vol. 15. No. 1
January 4. 1913
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THIS WEEK!
THIS WEEK!
"When Soul Meets Soul"
The Gigantic Scenic Production of 1913
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Released Wednesday, Jan. ist,
(eeins Is B^lievins "
A sprightly comedy sensation that abounds in merry situations and hilarious incidents. A bully good comedy eye-opener.
Released Thursday, Jan. 2d,
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A thrilling and powerful drama of the West. A gripping story of the gold mines.
Released Friday, Jan. 3d,
"\A/Kien Soul IVIoe-ts Soul"
Without a question of a doubt this unprecedented subject is a masterpiece in the art of photography. A FEATURE
film. A gigantic scenic, aristocratical, meritorious drama.
Released Saturday, Jan. 4th,
" BroncKio Billy and "TKie IVIaid "
A powerful and magnetic drama of the West. Love outwits a desperate father. G. M. Anderson, in his world-famous
character creation of "Broncho Billy," plays a daring and fearless westerner in this original feature subject.
Coming Very, Very Soon!
Coming Very, Very Soon!
"KINC ROBERT OF SICILY"
(LONGFELLOW'S WONDERFUL POEM IN- THREE REELS.)
THE GREATEST SCENIC PRODUCTION EVER SET BEFORE A CAMERA IN AMERICA. THE WISE ONES
ARE USING THE THREE-SHEET POSTERS OF ALL ESSANAY SATURDAY RELEASES. ARE YOU
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PHOTOS OF ALL ESSANAY PLAYERS, SIZE 8x10; PRICE, $3.00 PER DOZEN, CAN BE SECURED FROM
THE PLAYERS PHOTO COMPANY, 177 NORTH STATE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
Superlative AND ^ristocratical
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ESS A IM A^
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GAUMONT STATE RIGHT FEATURES
THE WHITE GLOVE BAND
(THREE REELS)
The atrocious deeds of a clique of criminals that terrorized Paris. The
passion of a woman member of the coterie of crime for the master detective
which saved him from merciless hands. Acting within acting which meant
liberty and all to a love regenerated actress. The stirring scenes are laid
in the cafes of Paris, an Apache den and the bandits' lair.
IN THE GRIP OF THE VAMPIRE
(THREE REELS)
The administering of the deadly drug to steal an inheritance, plunging a
woman's mind into idiocy. The assassination of her fiance as he rows to
keep the decoy tryst at the seaside cliffs. The novel stroke of science that
restored the woman's sanity by means of cinematography. The detection
of the criminal by the veriest chance through dissimilar handwritings. The
arrest of the malefactor at the height of a masquerade ball.
THE BRIDGE OF SORROW
(TWO REELS)
The Inter-
national
Conspiracy
(Three Reels)
AN OPPORTUNITY
Exclusive rights to all Gaumont regular releases, including the
Gaumont Weekly, are open in parts of the United States.
Negotiations will not long remain pending. To avoid disappoint-
ment send your inquiry now.
Perils of
the
Atlantic
(Two Reels)
The Vengeance of Egypt
(Three Reels)
In the Land of the Lions
(Two Reels, Hand-colored
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—You are going to get the greatest THREE-REEL FEATURE
FILM ever made in America and it is not going to cost you a
single cent over your regular film service cost ! We refer to
Sheridan s Ride
(THREE REELS)
— You are going to do a terrific business with it. You are
going to jam your theatre to the very doors. You are going to
have the finest and most striking posters you have ever seen
since you have been in the business.
— If a "state rights" man could get hold of this and bring it to
you with a proposition that you give him half your receipts,
you'd snap up the chance in a minute. It would cost you a
mint of money but you'd do it. You don't have to pay a cent
for it, over your regular service price, because you are a
Universal Exhibitor I
— ^This is only one of scores of such features that you are going
to get as long as you are a Universal exhibitor. We've got a
whole ranch full of feature companies working on two and
three-reel features and nothing else — and you're going to get
them all without extra cost I
Now do you begin to see that we are in deadly earnest
when we say we intend to upset all film traditions and
give you the grandest service you ever dreamed of ?
Now do you see why you must always — ■
Demand That Universal Program"
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Universal Film Mf^. Company
Mecca Bldg., B'way at 48th St., N. T. City
Our weekly newspaper, "The Universal Weekly," start-
ing with the next issue adds a pictorial supplement.
It is a new form of lobby display. If you are not
getting the WEEKLY send us your name
and address at once. This is very
important.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
^^^^^^'PS
Universal Exhibitors
Letters and Telegrams
They tell us we are "putting it all over" any other program ever
arranged and that they only hope we will maintain our present
standard of quality! But we're going to do better than that '^ecause
we intend to improve our alreadj^ fine program every week!
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"SHE SLEPT THROUGH IT ALL"
(Comedy)
Monday, January 6th, 1913
A King Baggot comedy that is funnier
than a joke book. One fit of laughter will
follow the other.
HEARTS OF THE NORTH-
LAND (Drama)
Thursday, January gth, 1913.
It tingles with excit-
ing scenes enacted in the
picturesque Northland.
Beautiful story, bril-
liant production.
"THE
BALDHEADED
CLUB"
—"SOCIETY DAY
AT PIPING ROCK"
Saturday, January nth, 1913
Funny? Why, it is so funny
that the Ha Ha's just bubble
out of every inch. Along with
it a day with America's 400.
101]BIS0N
"A ROMANCE OF THE UTAH PIO-
NEERS" (Two-Reel Drama)
Tuesday, January 7th, 1913
A totally diflerent sort of western drama,
depicting the joys and sorrows of the "Hand
Cart Immigrants" when the West was a
vast unknown. Stupendous mobilization
scenes; plenty of action.
"AN APACHE FATHER'S VEN-
GEANCE"
Saturday, January nth, 1913
Because the Apache maiden was clothed
in the "pale face" lady's gown her father
wreaked vengeance on the garrison. It
teems with exciting scenes.
POWERS
"ALMOST A HERO"— "AKRON, OHIO"
Wednesday, January 8th, 1913
Another of those original melancholy
chasers. It will delight both the young-
sters and the grown-ups. On the same
reel an interesting scenic.
"BAXTER'S BUSY DAY" (Comedy)
Friday, January loth, 1913
You are going to burst with laughter at
this new and novel style of laugh-provoking
farce.
IVI ILAN O
ECLAIR
"A SECRET OF THE SEA" (Two-Reel Drama)
Saturday, January nth, 1913
A thrilling romance of a banker's villainy, a sea cap-
tain's treachery and the diary of a dying man on a deserted
island. A most elaborately staged production.
Peeps Into The Future
Only a few more masterful touches and then you see
the Greatest Military Picture of a Lifetime
SHERIDAN'S
Three Reels. 101 Bison.
RIDE
Release date later
. "AN ACCIDENTAL SERVANT" (Comedy)
Tuesday, January 7th, 1913
When she mistook him for a servant the society leader
planned to keep up the joke. She spoiled it all. You will
like the funnv way in which she did it.
"THE RETURN OF LADY LINDA" (2-Reel Drama)
Thursday, January gth, 1913
There is a gorgeous sublimity about it that surpasses
your greatest expectations. Enchanting story, elegant
staging, brilliant production.
"THE COBBLER AND THE FINANCIER"
(Comedy-Drama)
Sunday, January 12th, 1913
The cobbler couldn't work unless he sang; the financier
couldn't sleep if he did. See how a pretty girl solved the
problem.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
IBLTOKS!
are swamping us with
of Congratulations!
They tell us that our plan of letting them have our masterful feature
reels every week without extra charge is making it unnecessary for
them to sacrifice half their profits to so-called "state rights" men. If
you haven't seen our films lately, DO SO AT ONCE!
REX
NESTOR
"THE ACTRESS" (Drama)
Thursday, January gth, 1913
It scintillates with the style of emotionalism that will
infatuate and enthrall you.
"BYGONE DAYS" (Drama)
Sunday, January 12th, 1913
A pathetic review of the achievements of an old actor
whom the public had deserted to die, unwept and unknown.
VICTOR
"THE LIE"
Friday, January loth, 1913
What more can you want? A thrilling, enchanting story
and very superior production. A picture that will gain
prestige for your house. A picture that will please and
entertain.
CHAMPION
"ART AND LOVE" (Drama)
Monday, January 6th, 1913
A lovable theme portrayed in a highly artistic manner,
staged amid picturesque surroundings.
GEM
"ABSINTHE"
Tuesday, January 7th, 1913
If you are looking for a drama that will grip you tight
and fascinate you until the very last scene is over, be sure
to book this one.
The ANIMATED WEEKLY
Wednesday, January 8th, 1913
If you read it in the paper today, you will see it on the
screen tomorrow. Nothing of importance escapes it.
"CUPID'S ASSISTANTS" (Western Comedy)
Monday, January 6th, 1913
The old folks had planned years ago who the young
folks were to marry. Their wishes were carried out in
an extremely unexpected and humorous manner.
"GOLD AND DROSS" (Western Drama)
Wednesday, January 8th, 1913
Deserting a loving husband, she fled with the miscreant,
only to perish on the lonely desert. Replete with exciting
scenes.
"THE SUSPECT" (Drama)
Friday, January loth, 1913
A thrilling western story, depicting the hazardous ride
of a cowpuncher's wife to save him from impending dan-
ger. Aglow with excitement.
CRYSTAL
"HEROIC HAROLD"— "A NIGHT AT THE CLUB"
Sunday, January 12th, 1913
Two purveyors of good cheer; merriment in every foot.
FRONTIER
"THE STRANGER OF THE MOUNTAIN RANCH"
(Western Drama)
Wednesday, January 8th, 1913
A sure thriller, fraught with exciting scenes, accentuated
by realistic surroundings. A marvel in photography and
detail of production.
Peeps Into The Future
Entirely New Idea for a Western Thriller —
Don't Wait — Demand it this very instant
A FRONTIER PROVIDENCE
Two Reels. 101 Bison. Released Tuesday, Jan. 14th
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
CALAMITY ANNE'S INHERITANCE
A farce drama featuring that peeress of character leads, Louise Lester.
The second of the series — Vou cannot afford to miss it.
Release Date, Saturday, Jan. 11, 1913
ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE
A Society Drama taken from life,
portraying a realism that is as beautiful
as it is pathetic — gripping and con-
vincing.
Release Date, Monday, Jan. 6, 1913
THE TRAIL OF CARDS
A Romance depicting the ardor of a
Mexican's love — Intensely dramatic and
thrilling — enacted in the beauties of
California.
Release Date, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1913
THREE A WEEK
STAR THEATER
St. Joseph, Mich.
December i8, 1912.
American Film Mfg. Co.,
Chicago, Ills.
Dear Sirs:
A "Flying A" Poster in my lobby is certainly a drawing
card for my business.
C. C. Trump,
Prop. & Mgr.
AMERICAN FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
CH IC AGO
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Let the Rising Sun
Be Your Guide!
Exchanges serving Solax are the ones to hook
up with— Be amongi the "live ones."
W. STEPHEN BUSH, in THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD, says: "Every
exhibitor in the country should show the Solax production, 'The Woman Behind the
Man.' " If he had the opportunity of seeing the following he would say the same of
them.
A Million Dollars
Released Wednesday, January 8th
A story of a clerk who wishes that all the wealth of the world were re-distributed
and that all men were millionaires. In a dream he has his wish, and he finds that
because they have the money they need the bricklayers refuse to work, waiters, con-
ductors, motormen, chauffeurs, doctors and men of all trades stop the wheels from
going around. In fact, he discovers that the earth stops revolving because no one
cares to do the necessary work. In this production
Darwin Rarr
Is the Feature.
The Mutiny of Mr. HenpecK
Released Friday, January 10th
Mr. Man is ill-treated by his wife. She forces him to do the housework and makes
him stay at home and entertain the frail wife of her brother, a prize fighter, while she
and the prize fighter go out to theater and do the social stunts. The neglected wife
and poor little Mr. Man get together and organize a concerted action against their
other halves. Pots, pans and brooms are used as arguments.
SoIaifCompdn^
FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY
Send IOC for four-color litho of Dimpled
Darwin Karr, the favorite of the girls
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Thoroughbred Hunters taking the Hurdles — Rescue from Drowning — and the thrilling ride on a
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COMING!!! COMING!!! COMING!!!
Extraordinary Educational Feature
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
OFFICIAL TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE
PANAMA CANAL
In Two Parts.
Our photographer accompanies the Presidential tour as a member of the official party,
leaving Washington, December 19th, 1912, on the special Presidential train and is with
him throughout the entire trip, -aboard the battleships, across the Isthmus and returning
on the special train reaching Washington, December 31st, 1912. He has been assured
every facility and convenience to enable him to obtain the best possible pictures. We
are positively the only independent company granted this privilege of accompanying
the official party.
Unique, Exceptional Pictures Original Features
Every Event of the Entire Presidential Inspection.
Magnificent Military Pageant in Honor of President Taft.
Tlie Meeting of ttie Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
The Mammoth Loclcs in Actual Operation.
Picking Orchids, Lemons and Oranges from Tops of Sub-
merged Trees in the Newly Created Lake Gatun.
The Isthmus From Colon to Panama.
Native Life, Customs and Industries.
All Prominent Canal Officials.
ALL NEW!!! ALL NEW!!!
Positively the first time presented or photograplied.
The most opportune pictures ever produced. The entire world is interested in this
great maritime canal. The settlement of the international toll problem is occupying
the attention of every newspaper and they are devoting columns of space to the Canal,
thus securing advertising of a nature impossible under any other circumstances.
A CERTAIN MONEY GETTER
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Approximately 2O0O Feet. Price Ten Cents (10c) per Foot
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GREAT MULTIPLE REEL
BRONCHO HEADLINERS
All Containing Tremendous Casts and Depicting Scenes of Spectacularism and Wonderful Dramatic Interpretation
Scene from "A BLUEGRASS ROMANCE"
"A BLUEGRASS ROMANCE''
2 Reels, January 15
A thrilling episode of the Civil War, in which a youth saves the Southern armv and
loses his life, A high dramatic offering, vividly reproducing wonderful scenes of war
"A SHADOW OF THE PAST"- 2 Reels, January 22
COMING! COMING! COMING!
"THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG"
A faithful reproduction of the greatest battle of the Civil War, with thousands of soldiers locked
in a death struggle. Thrilling charges — hand to hand conflicts — deeds of daring and heroism.
THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE
1 — 3 — 6 and 8 Sheet Posters Booklets and Slides
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KEYSTONE COMEDIES
SCENARIOS WANTED : Highest prices paid. Address
Macit Sennett, Director, 1712 Aliesandro St., Los Angeles, Cal.
A SPLIT REEL JAN. 6
SCENES FEOM "A DOUBLE WEDDING."
"SAVING MABEL'S DAD"
Three rivals are aspirants for the hand of Mabel.
Dad falls asleep in a rowboat and is set adrift by
one, who tries to win favor as a hero by rescuing
him, using a motorboat going at lightning speed.
He is exposed, however, and his work goes for.
naught, as Mabel clings to the man of her choice.
"A DOUBLE WEDDING"
A society wedding and a colored wedding happen
to take place at the same time, the happy couples
being bound for the same train. The white people
elude their friends, who, by mistake, chase the cab
containing the negroes. Their astonishment when
the dusky pair emerge from the cab is the climax
to a series of humorous situations.
COMING— TWO RELEASES A WEEK
The second reel of Keystone Comedies will consist of a split reel released on
Thursday of each week. The first release of the Thursday Keystone will be
EXHIBITORS: Book It !
EXCHANGES: Place Your Orders!
Coming Releases of the World's Best Comedies
Jan. 13— "THE CURE THAT FAILED" and "HOW HIRAM WON OUT"
Jan. 20— "SIR THOMAS LIPTON" and "FOR LIZZIE'S SAKE"
Jan. 27— "THE MISTAKEN MASHER" and "THE DEACON OUTWITTED"
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Sole Agent lor the U. S. and Canada
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Hay-Bee Thrilling Features
SCENE FROM "THE PAYMASTER'S SON"
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The Paymaster's Son'*
2 REELS. RELEASED FRIDAY, JA\. 10
An absorbing story replete with dramatic situations, showing
how the ne'er-do-well son of the Colonel brought trouble to the
post and to the Paymaster's son, Lieut. Burton. The Colonel's
son appropriates the Paymaster's money to elope with Burton's
sister and joins a band of emigrants who are attacked by
Indians. The pursuing lieutenant arrives in time to take part in
the battle and in sensational scenes saves the life of the youth.
"THE LITTLE TURNCOAT"
TWO REELS. Released Friday, January 17tli
SCENARIOS WANTED : Thrilling military stories. Minimum price, $50.
Address T. H. Ince, Director, 1712 Allesandro Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
N. Y. Motion Picture Company
Long Acre Bldg., 42nd Street and Broadway, New York City
Mutual Film Corporation, 60 Wall Street Sole Agent lor the U. S. and Canada
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AMBROSIO
STATE RIGHT FEATURES:
Booking Territorial Rights Now
Wire for Terms
One Good Thing Follows Another.
A SICILIAN
HEROINE
(Copyrighted)
A Thrilling story of GARIBALDI
Three exciting reels
Ready for shipment NOW
PARSIFAL
(Copyrighted)
Three Reels
Ready for shipment NOW
States going fast — Don't write — Wire ! I
SIEGFRIED
(Copyrighted)
A few States open— Wire quickly!!
REGULAR RELEASES:
January 4th:
The Black Veils
(In two reels)
A thrilling, mysterious drama that will
hold your audience spellbound
January 11th:
A Romance of a Heart
(In two reels)
The interest never slackens from the
first foot of film till the very last
January 18th:
Between Lite and Death
(In two reels)
An up=to=date moral story full of incident
January 25th:
What the Unknown Conceals
(In two reels)
A drama of great interest
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HELEN GARDNER
IN
CLEOPATRA
CHARLES L. CASKILL, Director-Manager
Now Showing
at the
Dutchess
Theatre,
Cleveland, 0.
"Probably
the most
Stupendous
Picture
ever made"
A' FewJ states" StilllFor Sale.— State-Right Managers and Territory Men wire at
once for prices and^details. Alisolutely the largest and finest assortment of adver-
tisinii matterrever furnished with a motion picture— lithos, heralds, photo displays,
cards, and other pieces. Wire about your state now.
"The scenic eflfects are beau-
tiful, the costumes are gorgeous
and the acting as a whole is ex-
cellent, all blending together
into what is probably the most
stupendous and beautiful pic-
ture ever produced."
"Miss Gardner's impersonation of
Cleopatra is full of varied moods, as
the character of Cleopatra must have
been: at one time the incarnation of
tigerish ferocity, at another imbued
with the seductive languor and de-
lightful enervation of tropic tempera-
ment."
"She is artist enough to con-
ceal her art and merge mimicry
with realism so delicately that
she seems unconscious of the
fact that she is acting or has any
other individuality than that of
Cleopatra herself."
UNITED STATES FILM COMPANY
SOLE DISTRIBUTORS
145 West 45tli Street - - NEW YORK CITY
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SHOULD WORRY
About your patrons' satisfaction^
It's your business to please the
people whose nickels and dimes help
to buy a shirt for the baby*
Proper ventilation, a clean house, a
good operator and courteous em-
ployees accomplish much but
FILn VARIETY
is absolutely essential There are
but five foreign releases a week,
two of which are the great
C.Q.P.C.
You can't afford to overlook these
Films which are the one best bet
in the race for supremacy*
BOOK 'Efl!
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Be Wise! Book these
Three for Next Week
Eclipse, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1913,
Kidnapping the Fiddler
One of the best comedy films that has ever been
offered to the public.
Along the Coast of Dalmatia
(Travelogue.)
Cines, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1913.
A Maid's Devotion
(Drama.)
Cines, Saturday, Jan. 11, 1913.
fThe Woes of a Peace [Maker
(Comedy-Drama.)
Important: VVe have just had made a brand new
supply of one-sheet posters for "The Lion Tamer's
Revenge," "The Daughter of the Spy" and "Rameses,
King of Egypt." Order novir!
Send us your name to be placed upon our mailing
list for advance advertising matter.
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The Edison
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ly decided that motion pictures would
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they wanted it and as long as they
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It must be simple in construction and have every possible safeguard
against fire.
It is gratifying to know that, after thorough investigation, both of these
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CURRENT EDISON FILMS
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Jan. 1— "Yosemite Nation*! Park and Big Treea of California." 375
feet. Scenic.
" 1— "How Tliey Got the Vote," fcy Ashley Miller. 685 feet.
Comedy.
" 3 — 'The Eonning Away of Doris," by U. B. Havey. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
■■ 4 "The Bed Man'i Burden," hy Bannister Merwin. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
" 6 — "The New Day's Dawn," by Ker. E. Boudinot Stockton.
1,000 feet. Dramatic.
" 7— "An Unsullied Shield," by Charles J. Brabin. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
" 8 — "Interrupted Wedding Bells." 1,000 feet. Comedy.
" 10 "The Eldorado Lode," by H. B. Marriott Wataon. 1,000
feet. Dramatic.
" 11 — "The Maid of Honor," by Bannister Merwin, 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
" 13 — "The Lake Geneva Camp of the T. M. C, A., Lake Genera,
Wis." 400 feet. Descriptive.
" 13 — "The Office Boy's Birthday," by Charles M. Seay. 600 feet.
Comedy.
" 14— "At Bear Tiwk Gulch," by S. P. Janette. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic;
'* 15.— "The Title Cure," by George A. Imlach. 1,000 feet. Comedy.
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LUBIN FILMS
FIVE RELEASES EACH WEEK
The Lujjin pictures are popular because they are clean, wholesome and elevating.
The growing demand for our two-reel feature subjects is convincing proof that wide-awake exhibitors are catering
to the wishes of their patrons.
Tuesday, December 31
"The Bravery of Dora"
A thrilling story of ranch life, in which a skirmish between Mexicans and U. S. troops and the quick wit of
a sweetheart play important parts.
•'John Arthur's Trust"
Thursday, January 2
Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscoe in
the leading roles
Lottie Bristol's fortune of many millions is, by her
father's will, left in trust to John Arthur. Lottie falls
in love with an adventurer. Count Borni, who per-
suades the girl to go abroad to get married. Arthur
follows the couple and finds Borni in a gambling room,
losing the girl's mone}' and exhibiting her picture as
evidence of prospective fortune. Arthur knocks the
count down, and the result is a duel. John is wounded,
but on reconsideration Lottie resolves that he shall be
her guardian for life. Do not miss this wonderful duel.
A SPLIT COMEDY FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
**JUSt Out of College" 834 Feet Friday, January 3
A comedy, in which two sons cleverly outwit their fathers, with a pretty love story thrown in.
"A Guilty Conscience'' ^^^ Feet Friday, January 3
A mirth-provoking comedy — the story a true one — the episode occurred in one of our eastern cities.
Saturday, January 4
'•The Love Token"
An interesting and exciting western drama, in which the love token from a sweetheart to her lover plays an
important part.
''Courageous Blood" Monday, January 6
A Mexican border drama, in which Mary Burke, a ranch owner, outwits a band of rustlers, but at a terrible cost.
TWO REELS *^xhe Mexican Spy" two reels
RELEASED FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th, THROUGH THE GENERAL FILM CO.
Mary Lee, daughter of the paymaster, is in love with Colonel Loring's son, Tom. He is a reckless chap,
with bad habits. Mary endeavors to reform him, but is unsuccessful. Tom appropriates' $5,000 from the pay-
master's safe to pay a gambling debt to Senor Luis Rivera, who is a Mexican spy. Rivera offers to return the
money if Tom will get the plans of the fortifications from the otfice of the colonel. Tom secures the plans.
Mary discovers the treason, pledges her jewels, gives her lover the money and forces him to return the papers.
Tom later joins the army on the border, and Mary receives an appointment as a Red Cross nurse. She is sent
to a distant point. When the wagon pulls up for the trip she finds that Tom is the driver. The wagon is
attacked by Me.xicans, with Rivera in command. A battle ensues, in which Tom is badly wounded, but Mary
nurses him back to life.
Beautiful One, Three and Six Sheet Posters of our Photoplays, printed in five colors
can be obtained from your Exchange or the A. B. C. Company, Cleveland, Ohio
LUBIN MANUFACTURING CO.
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"PLANTING THE SPRING GARDEN »'
Comedy— Monday , December 30th
Mrs. Citiman sets her fat husband to work planting the garden. He gets tired and rebels.
He burns up all the garden tools.- They have a hot old time and make a laughable spectacle.
Miss Finch is skinny Mrs. C. and Hughie Mack is fat Mr. C.
Society Drama — Tuesday, December 31st
She marries for spite because she can't have the man she wants. She afterwards finds she
has married the better man. Then she gives her husband the love she withheld from him.
** CASEY AT THE BAT**
"LOVE HATH WROUGHT A MIRACLE'*
Comedy and Comedy Drama— Wednesday , Jan* 1st, 1913
Casey, the hero of the Mudville B. B. C, fails to carry his club to victory. His glor/ de-
parts from him, also his sweetheart. Love cures a cripple and brings him health and happiness.
"THE ADVENTURE OF THE COUNTERFEIT BILLS"
Detective Story — Thursday, Jan* 2ndy 1913
Lambert Chase, the Detective, catches a maker of the "Queer" red handed. Maurice Cos-
tello, as Chase, gives a thrilling portrayal of a daring capture.
"MR. BOLTER'S NIECE
>»
Comedy — Friday, Jan, 3rd, 1913
Little Helen Costello as the niece, and Bunny as Bolter, make a funny team. Miss Finch,
as the old maid next door, falls in love with the niece, then with Bolter, whom she marries.
"A BIT OF BLUE RIBBON " Westem-Saturday, Jan. 4th, 1913
An old horse and a bit of blue ribbon bring a villain to justice. The old horse saves the
life of his friend. He carries his young owner to the rescue of her sweetheart.
NEXT WEEK, SIX A WEEK
'THE ANGEL OF THE DESERT"— Western Vision. MONDAY, JAN. 6th
"THE WINGS OF A MOTH"— A Mother's Warning. TUESDAY, JAN. 7th
"THE DELAYED LETTER"— A Life-saver. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8th
"TWO OF A KIND" I r„,„„j:„, TwiTocriAv TAxr .r.
"BETTY'S BABY" \ Comedies. THURSDAY, JAN. gth
"THE ADVENTURE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S
DISAPPEARANCE"— Detective. FRIDAY, JAN. loth
"O'HARA HELPS CUPID"— A Wise One. SATURDAY, JAN. fith
Special Features, "THE LITTLE MINISTER," from J. M. Barrie's
stoj-y, in three parts, released Monday, January 13th, 1913,
"THE VENGEANCE OF DURAND, OR THE TWO PORTRAITS"
in two parts, written especially for the Vitagraph Company by
Rex Beach, released Friday, January 24th, 1913.
THREE AND ONE SHEET POSTERS OF ALL VITAGRAPH RELEASES
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A Dangerous Wager
A dare-devil cowpuncher bets $10.00 he can hold up the stage with
his old pipe. This foolish bet nearly costs Mr. Cowpuncher his life.
Released Monday, Jan. 13th
Especially attractive one and three-sheet posters
Red Sweeney's Mistake
Red Sweeney appropriated a phoney dia-
mond, thinking it was the real thing, and did
not learn of his mistake until he was arrested
for the theft.
Released Wednesday, Jan. 15th
One and Three-sheet posters
A Hero's Reward
The Chief of the Mudville Fire Department
is in love with Iva, and claims her hand on the
strength of his record, but he has a rival and
what the latter does to him is a plenty.
(On the Same Reel.)
King Cotton
Showing all the operations of
raising cotton and manufacturing
the cloth, from the planting to the
finished product ready for my
lady's adornment.
Released Friday, Jan. 17th
A Desperate
:: Chance
This thrilling railroad story will
pack your house, Mr. Exhibitor.
Confusion in orders sends two
trains thundering down the line,
and when a wreck, with immense
loss of life, seems certain, a plucky
girl sidetracks the first train just
in time to allow the second one to
pass without a collision.
Released Saturday, Jan. 18th
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Special one and three-sheet, four-color litho' posters for this big
railroad feature
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ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 42
AMONG THE PICTURE THEATERS 39
AT THE SIGN OF THE FLAMING AEC3 84
AVOID CRIME AND CAEBION,
by W. Stephen Bush 25
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RELEASES 72
CALENDAR OF LICENSED BELBASK8 «9
CHICAGO LETrBB 56
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed) 60
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) 51
"CONQDERED, OR THE MADCAP PRINCESS"
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"DIP INTO SOCIETY, A" (Crystal) 88
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FACTS AND COMMENTS 24
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KIBWERT, CHAS. L IW
REISINGER, HUGO 81
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL EftUIPMENT.
BELL & HOWELL »5
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CHICAGO PROJECTING CO 95
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS 101
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FORT WAYNE ELECTRICAL WORKS 101
HALLBERG. J. H 106
LAVEZZI MACHINE WORKS 81
MOORE-HUBBLE CO 76
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SMITH, L. C 81
WHITE SPECIALTY CO 81
FEATTiaE FILMS.
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BUFFALO BILL & PAWNEE BILL FILM CO 75
CONOLY, JOSEPH (BeTcrly B. Dobbs) 95
COSMOPOLITAN FILMS (K. W. Linn) 18
FEATURE FILM CO., (New York) 91
FEATURE FILM MFG. CO 11
FEDERAL FEATURE FILM SUPPLY CO -81
GENERAL FILM CO 70, 71
GREAT NORTHERN SP. FEAT. FILM CO.. 10
IMPERIAL FEATURE FILM CO. (Pittsburgh) 101
M. & F. FEATURE FILM CO 74
MAJESTIC FEATURE FILM CO 75
MASKO FILM CO 95
MIRACLE, THE 102
NEW YORK FILM CO 94,97
NORTHERN FEATURE FILM EXCHANGE.. 82
PRINCE FEATURE FILM CO 01
UNITED FEATURE FILM CO 106
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WARNERS FEATURES 73
WORLDS BEST FILM CO 91
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POLKS ORDINANCE BEFORE MAYOR GAYN0R.61
FOREIGN TRADE NOTES 59
"FRONTIER PROVIDENCE, A" (Bison) 63
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INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 84
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INQUIRIES 53
LICENSED FILM STORIES 76
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OBSERVATIONS BY MAN ABOUT TOWN 38
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
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MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION 87
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FILM SUPPLY CO. OP AMERICA 97
GAUMONT 4-85
ITALA 106
MAJESTIC 03
RELIANCE 89
SOLAX 0
THANHOUSER 2
INDEPENDENT FILM MANTJFACTUBEES.
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CRYSTAL FILM CO 87
ECLAIR FILM CO 92-93
UNIVERSAL FIL.M .MFRS 5-6-7
LICENSED FILM MANUFACyTUBERS.
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KALEM 22
KLEINE 18-79
LUBIN 20
MELIES 10'
PATHE-FRERES 17
SELI6 09
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SMITH, NAT B "6
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Facts and Comments
ARE there not two sides to this question of legally
barring unaccompanied minors from electric
theaters? We know there are many exhibitors
who think their very existence is threatened by a strict
enforcement of the law. In most cases of this character
the exhibitors have gone after children's patronage,
stimulating it with the distribution of prizes and free
admissions. A drastic application of the law would in
their cases undoubtedly mean an immediate loss. The
authorities in many places have a habit of tolerating even
an open violation of the law for weeks and months.
Then comes a concerted protest of some societies or in-
dividuals, the police are forced to act and the exhibitor
invariably gets the worst of it.
*
The way to abolish an obnoxious law is not by evasion
or open violation, but by an intelligent agitation for its
speedy repeal. A few days ago an exhibitor, careless
rather than deliberate in the breaking of the law exclud-
ing unaccompanied minors, stood before a local New
York magistrate in a most humiliating position. Not
only was he fined heavily, but the judge made it pain-
fully plain to him that a repetition of the ofifense would
mean imprisonment. This particular exhibitor might as
well sell out and move away. He is a marked man, and
the evidence against him on a second charge is not likely
to be scrutinized too closely. The heavy fine probably
more than wiped out his receipts from the admission of
unaccompanied children, and he has in addition lost the
confidence of his neighbors.
*
We have never been able to see the financial advan-
tages of an excessive and disproportionate attendance of
children without parents or guardians, even where the
law did not stand in the way. Almost invariably a noisy
and not always good-natured faction develops and the
grown-up patrons are greatly annoyed. The exuberance
of early youth is a fine thing, but it detracts the specta-
tor's attention from what is being shown on the screen.
* * *
EVERY day brings us letters from exhibitors en-
closing newspaper comments on the motion picture.
All these clippings are interesting in themselves,
and we only wish we had space for them all in the col-
umns of The Moving Picture World. We appreciate
these clippings especially for the intelligent interest dis-
played by the exhibitor who goes to the trouble of select-
ing and mailing them to us. Out of the accompanying
letters there speaks a sincere and ardent zeal for the
betterment of the picture. Exhibitors are jealous of the
good name of their profession and never fail to come
forward in its defense against the assaults of ignorance
and prejudice.
/ * * *
EXHIBITORS have it in their power to promote
and popularize genuine educational films. Ex-
changes who are afraid of educational pictures,
even when they have the character of features, base their
attitude on the alleged indiiTerence both of exhibitors and
public. If the exhibitor had only one educational pro-
gram every week it would mean an improvement in the
manufacture and sale of educational films. We think it
a mistake to throw the educational film into an ordinary
promiscuous program. The contrast is too great and
sudden. The patrons are not in the mood to appreciate
it. We have little doubt that on educational nights some
of the ordinary patrons would stay away, but this falling
off will in the course of time surely be made good by the
coming of a new kind of patrons, who only attend on
educational nights. Intelligent advertising will insure
this result.
* * *
THE Moving Picture World notes with satisfac-
tion the complete victory for Sunday pictures won
at a special election at Pierre, South Dakota. We
have before us specimens of the literature used in the
campaign. The friends of the Sunday entertainment set
forth their position in temperate language, sticking strict-
\y to the merits of the case. We are sorry to say that the
opposition, led by the ministers of the town, resorted to
personal abuse and all kinds of scurrilous language.
Their pamphlets were full of such gems of logic as this :
"The reference to the Blue Laws is a jab at the very
basis upon which our institutions have had their per-
petuity." There is little doubt that the public sentiment
of the whole country is in favor of rational Sunday enter-
tainments under suitable restrictions. Whenever the pro-
gressive exhibitor understands how to crystallize this
sentiment and rally it around him the result is a foregone
conclusion when the people vote on the Sunday question.
Avoid Crime and Carrion
By W. Stephen Bush.
THE Moving Picture World does not have to de-
fine its stand on the question of objectionable pic-
tures. It is and ever will be the relentless and
uncompromising foe of any pictures showing or suggest-
ing crime, scandal or immorality. We will continue to
prefer the springs to the sewers. A decided majority of
the manufacturers hold our views, but the delinquent
minority has too much power for evil, and the public and
the press too often confound the good with the bad.
On the assumption that no human being acts without
a motive, we are puzzled to find reasons for "the Where-
fore of the Thusness."
Here we are something like five millions of us right
around the City Hall. The yellow press has its keen-
scented vultures perched on every top and spire, hungry
for the sight of carrion. In spite of this unwholesome
activity, and with every desire to exaggerate and "em-
bellish" tales of crime and scandal, the daily output of
rancid sensations is pleasingly negligible. The plain
fact of the matter is that but a very small percentage of
the population fall afoul of the law, and sordid crimes are
on the decline everywhere.
Even in the present improved condition of things we
are not holding the mirror up to nature. We distort
things. The moving picture camera ought to be the
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best and most perfect mirror. What we hold up to
nature is too often a "trick mirror," which makes us see
impossible dwarfs and impossible giants and all kinds of
hideous and unnatural shapes. There is even at this
time an undue excess of burglars, highway robbers,
knifemen and gunmen and desperados of both sexes.
What is there to interest or please any normal human
being in seeing a masked man step from behind a clump
of bushes and hold a pistol up to another man's face?
What iine ethical purpose is to be served in watching
one man stab another? What is there edifying, uplifting,
amusing or entertaining in showing the stealing of cattle
or a scene of blood and violence in a manufactured
"Western" gambling den? Is life nothing but a struggle
between sheriffs and burglars? Glancing over the titles
in the last issue of The Moving Picture World we find
"burglars." "bandits," "sleuths," "apaches," "black-
mailers," sprinkled pretty freely among releases of all
groups of manufacturers. These burglars in motion
pictures are rarely romantic or even theatrical burglars,
they are the plain realistic burglars, who commit burglary
with all the details found in the penal code and they
"leave no ceremony out." It is a most distressing ex-
perience to a friend of the motion picture to see a father
or mother hold her hand over the face of a little girl or
boy while the burglar breaks into a house.
There are directors, most of them outside the ranks
of organized manufacturers, who complain of their in-
ability to interest the public without the portrayal of
crime. They are either quacks or apprentices ; such
words can never come to the lips of a master. It is
pitiful to see the helplessness of certain producers the
moment you deny them access to the old melodramatic
formulas. Some point to Shakespeare and his plays and
find therein a foolish satisfaction and excuse. Alas, the
Shakespeare of the motion picture has not as yet ar-
rived. While we are waiting for his appearance it would
be well to keep awa.'^ from all handling of crin^ for
the present and the near future. /^ .1"
We realize that this life is not a succession "^ 'pink
teas or a melodious prelude to the millennium'.'' ' Wrong
and evil are stern realities. Life is not only real and
earnest, but also full of trouble. In one of the finest
and earliest tragedies of the world's literature \y^ read
that man is "born to trouble, even as the sparks fly up-
ward." There would be no history were it not for the
eternal struggle between good and evil. Material for
interesting stories lies all around us and we do not have
to reserve the camera for the actualities of the criminal
calendar. There is the vast storehouse of the past, the
literature that has remained after a process of elimina-
tion, extending often over centuries. This rich field is
far from being exhausted. The inequalities of modern
life, the defects in our social fabric, the tragic moments
in our present day civilization, the human aspects of our
political systems, the mental and moral development of
great minds, capable of defying convention and break-
ing the fetters of tradition — these are but a very few of
the subjects that would seem to be splendid material for
the ambitious producer. The struggle of the ideal against
the material, an everlasting contest renewed in every
age, is going on all around us. If "life is the pendulum
betwixt a smile and tear" we may tell a thousand phases
of its story without any description of crime.
The modern American stage is comparatively free
from crime and the successful playwright of the day is
the one who scrupulously eschews crime in the prepara-
tion of his plot. We might learn from these men. Even
where they paint the darker sides of life and seek to
illustrate its sinister forces it is almost always against
an optimistic background. The few exceptions like Zola,
Ibsen Nietzsche, prove the prevailing rule of modern
dramatic endeavor. It is unfortunate that such highly
gifted minds suffer from such obliqueness of vision see-
ing nothing but the evil, the abnormal, the degenerate
and the repellant in life. However, philosophic pessimism
is not among the faults of the motion picture and we may
well be thankful for that. It is one of the instances
where intellectual limitation is a distinct blessing without
any disguise whatever.
We have seen few pictures with a deep morbid ap-
peal. The offense always lies on the surface, and as
pointed out in this article as a rule consists in an undue
exaltation of real crime as a factor or a phenomenon in
our present social life.
THE LATE HARRY CASHMAN.
In Memoriam.
What little heed we give to that
Which overhangs us all;
What little thought we give unto
The old grim reaper's call.
We tread our different paths in life
In happiness or woe,
And seldom think that soon or late
'Twill be our time to go.
And now to him who's passed beyond
Our sympathies arise.
And yet his soul is happy
In his new home in the skies.
He rests in Peace; he's in God's care,
While angels softly sing.
Oh, grave, where is thy victory;
Oh, death, where is thy sting!
FRANK DAYTON.
NEW EQUIPMENT CONCERN.
Walter C. DuBrock, of the DuBrock Feature Film Com-
pany, and Charles Spinks, a former cameraman, who holds
a number of patents on motion picture equipments, are the
leading spirits in the Nip Manufacturing Company. The
concern has taken factory quarters in Foster Avenue, Chi-
cago, and is prepared to manufacture everything in the
motion picture line. M. G. Watkins will be in active charge.
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Studio Saunterings
Stealing a March on the Famous Players Company — By Louis Reeves Harrison
H
EY MISTER! Who do you wish to see?"
"Keep out of there!" and other admonitions
more forcible than fastidious, more energetic
than elegant, were hurled at me with house-painter ac-
curacy, but I emerged unsplashed in the midst of an in-
teresting scene, all the more attractive to an impressionist
because it was not set for the occasion. I happened —
really and truly— to be in the neighborhood, and was
seized with a sudden hankering for a view of what was
going on in one of the largest of many studios, this one
yet "unsauntered." and went on impulse.
I own to curiosity, but mingled with it in appetizing
proportion was remembrance of a brief association with
Ed Porter as a sort of hampering assistant in the pro-
duction of "Little Major." He bore with me so patiently
and so generously allowed me to imagine that I made
one or two suggestions of value on that memorable occa-
sion that I have never entirely recovered from the de-
lusion that I might have been a director and respected
by all instead of a much-deplored critic.
So it happened, one night — I crept in "under cover of
darkness," like the villain in the play — escaping a rattling
fire of pickets on the way, and was inside the fortress
before my identity vC'as discovered. There was a scene
in preparation, that of one of the most beautiful plays
ever presented on the stage, and a mere glimpse of stalk-
ing men in uniform flashed on my mind a fascinated
audience listening with their hearts while Anthgny .Hope's
message was whispered to them in every line/^iiLov.? is
all! Love is all! Love is all!" 'j ■•'
"The Prisoner of Zenda" was there in •person, not a
great actor in character guise, and near him stood Ed
Porter in consultation with a tall man of Wagnerian
countenance, one glowing with worldly knowledge widely
gathered and assembled in the form of intellectual exal-
tation, easily recognized as Daniel Frohman. I waited.
The busy director might say, "You will really have to
excuse me," but he did not. Ed Porter turned to where
I stood, and a kindly "look-who's-here" smile sparkled in
his eyes. I was welcomed with the warm friendship that
I felt at the sight of him.
The really great actor never draws a line between him-
self and the people who are according him close atten-
tion; he will, otherwise, alienate instead of engage human
sympathy. Half of any man's battle is won by letting
his heart go out to those in whom he must sound a chord
responsive. In order to win, he must have the touch
that makes all the world kin. Is this not so with su-
perior men in all lines? That Porter feels an interest in
others, that he is not so engaged by his absorbing work as
to forget his fellows, constitutes a winning quality in
his conduct of afifairs.
Each man of brains is fortified with a self-protective
egotism that encourages him in trial and enables him to
impress his personality on others — he might falter and
fail without it — but when broad appreciation of what
others are doing is added to this common characteristic
of vigorous men, he draws in that amicable support with-
out which individual progress would be seriously ham-
pered, if not impossible. We cannot wholly do without
one another. I was glad for his own sake to see that
Ed had not left the earth in an aeroplane.
Scene from "The Prisoner of Zenda," Produced by the Famous Players Company.
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We talked about iis — quite a relief to the perpetually
appreciative critic — indulged in pleasant reminiscence,
and I noted with pleasure that the talented director had
acquired the knack of another talented director, Stuart
Blackton of the Vitagraph, that of dismissing pressing
and important business when called upon to concentrate
upon this or that diverting subject. Napoleon had this
quality. So have — ahem! — others, if you please. It is
not given to all minds to stand double exposure.
Did you ever come in contact with a man of pessimistic
propensity — and uneasy stomach — having a don't-bother-
me corrugation of the brows between please-leave-me-
alone eyes, who is so oppressed by the one little tune his
mind is playing that he has a nervous fit when disturbed?
I did not meet him in the Famous Players Studio. He
was not there. I did not expect to meet him when Porter
turned and introduced me to Daniel Frohman. The great
producer had already taken in the situation with swift
and comprehensive glance. He at once put me at my
ease by courteously placing me and declaring soberly —
as though he really meant it — that he had been reading
what I have written on the subject of moving pictures
for several months.
pany. It was a daring thing to do. Was it not love of
adventure, such as enters the make-up of all explorers,
that led to discarding and disregarding all recognized
formulae of the dramatic art in this bold and charming
challenge ?
There may be an element of comedy in "art for art's
sake," but there is just as often tragi-comedy in money
for money's sake. The man who is working at what he
likes may put his whole soul into what he is doing, but
he as certainly looks for reward as he enjoys receiving
it. On the other hand, the man who is out for all there
is in a proposition is apt. to play too close to his digestive
apparatus to perceive his big opportunities and only at-
tain unsatisfactory mediocrity where sweeping success
was at hand. The first production of "Prisoner of Zenda"
was as full of perilous adventure as the warmly-colored
story of love's power in clash with the force of unfore-
seen events is itself.
There was a purpose behind the question I intended to
ask. If I knew how Daniel Frohman came to dare the
Prisoner of Zenda, flaunt it in the face of wearisome
convention, I could make a good guess as to what man-
ner of man he was then and lead up to judgment of what
Scenes from "The Prisoner of Zenda," Produced by the Famous Players Company.
Mr. Frohman explained his imprudence by saying that
he was in pursuit of information, but the implied com-
pliment came to grateful ears from such a source. I
have not missed a line of his own contributions of
Brander Mathews brilliancy, based on wide and diversi-
fied experience, in the Saturday Evening Post. I have
read them thoughtfully in the pursuit of information, to
acquire the knowledge a writer must have if he would
turn the cold light of selective criticism on what he has
to say in print.
To cite a dull aphorism, men who air their views in
print ought to know what they are talking about, hence
a propensity to seek out and digest whatever proceeds
from those who speak with authority decided me to listen
rather than talk, but I was in the skillful hands of a man
who knows how to apply his torch to other minds, and I
found myself led away from my original purpose of
giving heed into the alluring occupation of giving infor-
mation, much to my ultimate regret. My questions were
all side-tracked.
Not until the enchanted hour was over did I recall-that
I intended to ask what originally brought about the
presentation of such an unconventional play as "Pris-
oner of Zenda." At the time it was put on the stage
it was as much of an innovation as its present reproduc-
tion must seem to many members of Mr. Frohman's com-
he is now. Producers seldom leave the rank and file, but
here is one who went ahead alone and enchanted the
theater-going world with his charming selection, regard-
less of whether or not it accorded with the traditions.
Swift and possibly inaccurate conclusion is that he
has the pioneer temperament, and this outreaching tend-
ency to explore, when applied to a new and interesting
department of human enterprise, combined with the prac-
tical training and sure grasp of Ed Porter, will lead to
some fascinating developments of the New Art if ex-
erted with freedom from political complication. It will
constitute a strong advance in this form of popular enter-
tainment under any and all circumstances, and I hope it
will prepare the way for modern and original photodrama
of splendid proportion, set to appropriate music.
Brief converse with Mr. Hackett, whose personality
and virile tones have set many a young heart fluttering,
started me thinking again, drifting from idea to idea
through laws of association, until I caught myself musing
on the complicated nature of the whole effect theatrical,
on how the art of the stage has borrowed from all others
to present an author's thought through several mediums
at the same time — would he not feel the inadequacy of
this method of portrayal, so purely pictural? Dumb now,
with no audience to be quickened by the sonorous tones
of his voice, would he not feel imprisoned by his medium ?
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Go to a strange theater and close your eyes just before
the curtain rises and try to form a mental impression of
what is going on, then open them suddenly and note
the clairvoyant efi'ect. Mr. Hackett will be astonished
to find how well he can give representation to emotion
without sound. Natural actors start a phrase with facial
expression, interpret thought with a movement that leads
to an attitude, and some of the most powerful photo-
plays ever presented have held the audience enthralled
without an explanatory subtitle from beginning to end.
Yet, after all, the human voice sounds good at times.
Even when I had to say good-bye the kindly "come again"
sounded by Ed Porter brightened my way home. I heard
a call from the stage as I was going, one of the group
of ladies watching the rehearsal was called and responded
in tones of feminine sweetness with the added charm of
highly cultivated enunciation, with that clearness and
precision so rarely heard ofif the stage. I stopped involun-
tarily to hear her speak again — it was music — then at
last I understood why the ''Prisoner of Zenda" had
sounded a universal note in the human heart.
The trouble with playwrights who are moralists is that
they rarely have an implied cheerful message for us.
They are all the time bullying us just like the preacher
thundered at us while handing out the morals we were
brought up on. There is a sweet refrain like that in the
lady's voice repeated throughout the Zenda story in
action, a little song we have heard often enough to know
it well, but which we too often forget: "Love is all."
"Love is all." "Love is all."
Titles and Sub-Titles.
By Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is need of care in making titles and sub-titles,
for they most decidedly affect the tone of a picture.
Its title is an integral part of every photoplay as an
artistic whole. If it is stilted or awkward or ridiculously
romantic, as some are, the mind is invited to a mood not
at all favorable to the enjoyment of serious work and the
picture appears at a disadvantage. The title is the first
thing seen, and is naturally looked upon as a promise of
what is to follow; it should prepare the mind for the situa-
tion and its development. The mind keeps its different
interests separate and distinct, as though in individual rooms.
The title coming out on the screen acts like a key and
opens the door to the particular compartment, ready for
the kind of interest that it promises. The mind is never
at fault; it always knows the right room for every guest;
but if the title introduces one, and something different fol-
lows, there is confusion. The attention divides itself between
wondering what the picture is about and how it is going to
justify its title.
In a dramatic picture the best use of a title is to awaken
expectancy, which is both hope and fear. The human mind
can never separate them; a man who has no hope can have
no fear. If a title destroys our hope of a desired outcome
from any situation or, at least, of some mitigation of its
worst possibilities, the suspense will be greatly lessened.
Our only pleasure in the picture will be in its human inter-
est, its humor or its art. To be told that two locomotives
are going to collide, whets our feeling of suspense, because
we cannot picture the horror to ourselves beforehand. To
see them moving toward each other, and not to be told or
shown that they are on the same track, leaves us without any
feeling whatever, just as though we saw them on the same
track and were told that they would be stopped before the
accident. It seems trite enough, but titles and sub-titles in
pictures are so carelessly made at times that we see scenes
that are harmed by not following this simple rule.
We remember seeing a fine picture, entitled "Broken
Hearts," that told a very tragic story with a happy ending.
The producer was wise enough not to make a depressin.s'
picture, but the maker of the title left us thinking that it
was going to be one. The action was such that expectancy
could not be killed wholly, but the title spoiled the quality
of it for us; it left it hopeless and harrowing. On the other
hand, a good picture was aptly called "The New York Hat^'
and here the title merely drew attention to the pivotal
center around which the story was to revolve. It didn't
qualify our expectation in any way; merely minimized the
amount of attention necessary. Another picture worthy a
better title was named "Men Who Dare." It wasn't a pic-
ture of men who dare, and the expectancy the title awak-
ened kept demanding satisfaction, and this made it far less
entertaining.
A great many more sub-titles are used than are needed,
but we have noticed many a scene left weak unnecessarily
for want of leader to explain it before it was finished. We
have seen the heroine appear in a mask, but no sub-title
explained the reason. How could we know it was she, or
even what the scene was about? Too many "leaders" in a
dramatic picture are better than too few, especially if they
are dialect speeches which give atmosphere to the story.
Even the sub-titles that merely help out a thousand feet
of film may be made acceptaole. Yet if we are forced to
read, it ought to be made worth our while. One of the
glories of cinematography is ^hat it pictures situations for
the soul. Not even a Shakespeare could find words at once
true enough and delicate enough to tell all the eye can see
in some of our photoplays. At such places just enough
must be told to explain. If anything else is given it jars
like a discordant note; it brings in a bit of the spoken drama
at the very point where the picture is rising far above any
other kind of art.
In comedies the poorest sub-titles are those that tell us
there is going to be a joke that we must be on the watch
for. We remember seeing in a comedy this: "Some Good
Tea Wasted." We know that tea thrown on the floor is
wasted. To be told that some tea was to be wasted de-
stroyed the unexpectedness which is a joke's greatest charm,
and the little lapse was, in the picture, not as laughable as
it might have been.
TURKEY DISTRIBUTION BY NICHOLAS POWER CO.
Employes of the Nicholas Power Company enjoyed a
very pleasant Christmas. Each man in the factory received
a turkey weighing more than ten pounds, and each one of
the office and clerical force was made happy with a sub-
stantial remembrance in the form of a gold piece. This
was a very nice thing for the company to do, and will no
doubt fully repay itself in the -good feeling created between
the company and its employes.
MR. GASTON ROUDES.
With Mr. Joe Hammcn He Produced the Eclipse Indian
Drama, "The Red Man's Honor."
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byraCUSe University Course. studio Work.-General principles of lighting by day and
artificial light; groups, copying of black and white and col-
Official Announcement of the Outline of Study — Sketch of ored objects. Retouching the negative.
Instructor, Mr. E. J. Wall. Printing. — Printing in iron salts; carbon, gum bichromate
oil and bronioil.
OFFICIAL announcement concerning the new course of Color Photography.— The spectroscope; the science of
photography m the Syracuse University has just been color and photographic reproduction of the same by the ad-
issued. It covers a period of two years and is very jitj^g ^„^ subtractive processes,
comprehensive, as will be seen by the category of subjects Photomicrography.— The miscroscope, principles of con-
herewith printea. Requirements for admission to this course struction and use; high and low power photomicrography,
are not difficult and practically open it to graduates of any Stereoscopic Photography.— Binocular vision; the practice
high school or academic course. The cost of tuition is small. of stereoscopic photography.
$30 for the term, with an incidental laboratory fee of $5 and Elementary Emulsion Making.— Negative and positive
a matriculation fee of $5 payable on entrance, making the processes; printing-out emulsions.
total cost for the year $120. We print the official announce- pjate Testing.— Sensitometry of ordinary and color-sensi-
ment of the university as follows: tive plates; spectrographic testing.
The manifold applications of photography to scientific. Enlarging and Reducing. — Principles and practice of the
artistic and commercial purposes, has led Syracuse Univer- two methods.
sity to establish a Department of Photography, giving in- Advanced courses will be arranged as required in wet
struction in all its branches. The university is enabled to collodion; collodion emulsion; line and half-tone etching;
do this through the generosit> photogravure; motion picture
of an alumnus who does not de- ^^^^^^_. photography,
sire to have his name men- ^^^^^^K 1 All students will be ex-
tioned. ^^^^^^K ^ pected to provide such sensi-
Much has been accomplished ^^^^^^E ifJji^''^' ^ ^'^^ materials, chemicals and
in this field, but the result of a ^^^|^k' JS^S^«<s'c>«a i apparatus as may be consid-
combination of the scientific ^^^B^^ . ^^^'iiH^"--.*-";. I ered necessary for carrying
side of photography with adc- ^^^K ^j^^^^Si/^USj^^^^^- I out ordinary practical work,
quate instruction in lines has ^^^K I^^^^^^^^HHHBUtj||^^ ^ laboratory fee of $5 will
not heretofore been considered, ^^^K_ ^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^^k, ^^ required each term in con-
and it is this combination which ^^^H^^i ^?^^^ ^^H^^If nection with the dark room,
the university now offers. The ^^^^^^K V "^^^^^^ Research Work. — Students
instruction will be eminently ^^^^^^^^ "^ ^^^^ who are sufficiently advanced
practical and will at the same ^^^^^|b » i- 1 will be assigned a problem for
time give theoretical explana- ^^^^^^B .' | investigation, occupying one
tions of every process, while the ^^^^^^^T | or more semesters. This as-
classes in drawing will include ^^^^^^H ] sumes some knowledge of
composition, cast, portrait, ^^^^^^H j Physical Chemistry and Ger-
sketch. painting of still life and ^^^^^^Hl man.
anatomy. ^^^^^^B||^^^MB|^ 1 The course in Photography
The aim of the department is ^^^^^^^HHj^^^HP^ < will be opened with the win-
to provide for students a thor- ^^^|P9PPI''^^^^^K^^Sfe ter term, January 6, 1913, and
ough grounding in the optics ^^^H^ ^^^^^t^^^m' ^'" ^^ '" charge of Mr. E. J.
and chemistry of photograpluc ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^v Wall, who is eminently fitted
processes: a practical course ^^^H^K ^^^^^^V for this work. Mr. Wall is a
dealing with every department ^^^^^^E ^^Kt^^t Fellow of the Royal Photo-
of photography; the art-train- ^^^^^^K '^ i graphic Society of England, a
ing necessary for the utilization ^^^^^H| t member of the American
of photograpliy for expressing ^^^^^^B \ Chemical Society, a member of
artistic feeling, and advanced ^^^^^^B j the Pharmaceutical Society of
or specialized courses to enalilc ^^^^^^B j Great Britain, and foreign ab-
students to take positions as ^^^^^^r j stractor to the British Journal
studio operators, photo-chemists ^^^^^^E j of Photography. He was also,
and investigators. ^^^^^^P I f^"" three years, instructor in
^^^^^^B' I three-color photography under
Requirements for Admission. ^^^^^^K 1 ''^^ London County Council.
Candidates for admission to ^^^^^^^^. ^ . >■ \ Mr. Wall is the author of "The
the course in photography are ' ~ "^ '^ * ''^ — Dictionary of Photography,"
required to show by examina- MR. E. J. WALL, "Carbon Printing," "Photog-
tion or by certificate that they Instructor in Photography, Syracuse University. raphy," and -'Natural Color
have studied with satisfactory Photography, and was for five
proficienci", the following sub- . years editor of "The Amateur
jects. viz: English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, .'Kmeri- Photographer" and "The Photographic News."
can History, together with two years of High School work. The tuition for the course in Photography is $30 a term
which must include Elementarj' Chemistry, Physics, Elemen- (one-third of the year). There is also an incidental fee of
tary and Intermediate Algebra and Plane Geometry. $5 required each term, and a matriculation fee of $5, payable
on entrance.
Course of Study. Por further information concerning this course, address
FIRST YEAR. George A. Parker, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Syra-
General Optics. — Reflection, refraction, dispersion and cuse, N. Y.
diffraction of light. Elementary photometry. Light stand- Hours of Study.
ards.
Photographic Optics. — Optical glass; the general principles First Year — First and Second Semesters.
of lens construction; lens aberrations; choice and use of . Elementary Chemistry 3 hours per week
lenses for special work. Composition 2 " " "
The Camera. — Various types with instructions in the use Anatomy I " " "
of the fame for general, portrait, landscape and architectural Freehand Drawing 8 " " "
work. Instantaneous shutters and testing the same. Photography 18-20 " " "
Exposure. — The illumination of the subject. The factor-s Second Year — First and Second Semesters.
controlling exposure. Elementary Algebra 3 hours per week
Sensitive Materials. — Plates and films, ordinary and color- Solid and Spherical Geometry I " " "
sensitive. Color filters. Physics I . 3 " " "
Development. — The chemistry of developers and develop- Advanced Composition 2 " " "
ment. Time, thermo and tank development. Portrait and Still Life Painting 8 " " "
Printing. — Silver printing; development processes. Plati- Sketching 2 " " '
num transparency making. Lantern slides and projection. Photography 1S-20 " " "
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Instructor E. J. Wall.
Regarding the instructor in the course of Photography, Mr.
E. J. Wall, the Moving Picture World has been favored with
Mr. Wall's personal story of his experience in that particu-
lar line of business, and herewith subinit the same in his
own words. We also publish here an engraving of Mr. Wall.
"My first acquaintance with Photography began about 1S78
in the use of wet collodion for photomicrography, principally
for botanical and pathological sections, which I cut arid
mounted prior to making the photographs. We had always
used the camera lucida for making drawings and the use of
photography was suggested to us by Sir Jas. Paget, the
famous English surgeon, for whom we were preparing a
series of slides and drawings of a malignant cancer.
"We very soon abandoned wet collodion for the Beechey
dry collodion plate and finally made our own collodion emul-
sion. After about two years' work with this I took up the
manufacture of gelatine emulsions, using the acid process
and cooking the emulsion 48 hours. The commercial intro-
duction of good gelatine dry plates very soon induced me
to give up experimenting, however.
"In 1888 I started in photographic journalism and in the
following year compiled the 'Dictionary of Photography.'
From 1892 to 1896 I was the editor of 'The Amateur Pho-
tographer,' then I shifted to the editorship of 'The Photo-
graphic News,' and in 1890 became chemist to the European
Blair Camera Co., who were then only making cinemato-
graph film.
"I had amused myself with minor literary eflforts, such as
a work on 'Carbon Printing,' translating Eder's 'Handbuch
der Photographie,' Vol. Ill, dealing with gelatine emulsions,
Fritz's 'Photo-Iithographie' and Konig's 'Natural-Color
Photography.'
"My experiences at the Blair were of immense value to me
because we had about as fine a crop of troubles to contend
with as anyone could wish, mostly one to total unsuitability
of the premises for the work. The building had been an old
cloth mill, chiefly of wood construction. Frequently in the
summer, and of course our English summers are nothing
like so hot as they are here, we had to stop work during the
day, notwithstanding an ice machine, and start coating at
ID p. m. and work all night or till the place got too hot for
the emulsion to set. The drying troubles were sometimes
heartbreaking, yet we did a good business and turned out
good stuff.
"An unfortunate accident here laid me on my back for two
years, during which time, thanks to the fact that one's brains
are not in one's legs, I again took up journalistic work and
continued this till 1906, when I became manager of the dry-
plate business of B. J. Edwards & Cp. and finally drifted
over here three years ago as chemist to the Fireproof
Film Co.
"With regard to the course at Syracuse University I hope
to make this the means of a real sound foundation in pho-
tography generally, which ought to be at the bottom of all
moving picture work. The operator whether he makes nega-
tives or positives or projects, the latter cannot be the worse
for knowing the fundamental bases of the work. And the
special art training with which this practical and theoretical
course is to be allied will be of great value to the stage man-
ager and will at least teach him to avoid some of those in-
congruities which are too often seen in tfie setting or details
of a piece.
"My practical experience in the film business has not been
confined solely to the manufacture of the film, but I have
done considerable work in the making of negatives of scien-
tific subjects. A film coating, printing and developing busi-
ness in Germany was started under my_ superintendence and
is still running merrily, as are also businesses started by me
in Belgium and France.
"Personally I believe that the moving picture business is
quite in its infancy and that it will be used more and more
for educational and advertising purposes, and I can only
regret that the proprietors of the majority of "movies" seem
to be slow to recognize this fact, and consider it imperative
to show, such poor stuff — not poor technically — but poor from
the point of view of subjects. The puerile love stories, the
so-called comedies, are just a weariness to the flesh. If some
live proprietor would start a high class educational show and
charge double admission, I feel sure it would be a success.
Let someone try it as an experiment three times a week and
announce the same as matinees specially intended for ladies
and children and see the result. Such was done about five
years ago in London and with the lowest price of admission
25 cents and the highest a dollar and a quarter, it was a big
success, and there were soon as many men to be seen as
children.
"Why should not such a show appeal particularly to
schools? Could not the live manager invite every principal
of every school to see the same and announce a reduction in
admission to classes of, say, 25 or 50 or more?"
WILDER LIKES THE PICTURES.
"Marsh" Wilder, universal fun maker, dropped into the
office of the Moving Picture World the other day to pass
the time o' day and get in touch with the fountain head of
picture information. Mr. Wilder has been working in pic-
tures for the Vitagraph Company and enjoyed the experience
so much that he would like to repeat it.
MARSHALL P. WILDER.
"I don't know when or where I have had a better time
than I had at the Vitagraph studio," "Marsh" explained be-
tween jokes. "They make you feel at home down there and
I am mighty sorry that my contract expired when it did.
They didn't _ask me to renew it and I felt backward about
suggesting such a course myself, but I would like them to
know how deeply I appreciate their courtesy toward me and
how much I like them."
While at the Vitagraph Mr. Wilder appeared in a number
of very interesting pictures. "Chumps" was the first one, a
mighty interesting comedy that was full of laughs, .\mong
the others were "The Five Senses," "Professor Optimus,"
"The Pipe," "Mockery," "The Greatest Thing in the World,"
"The Godmother," "The Widow's Might" and "The Curio
Hunters." Every one had a puncli and added much to the
good reputation of Vitagraph pictures.
Mr. Wilder is at liberty, barring his vaudeville engagement
and might be induced to accept a limited engagement in pic-
tures with some reputable company.
A SUBSTITUTION.
The Universal Film Mfg. Company wishes to announce
that it will release on January 4th a two-reel subject, entitled
"A Maid At War." in place of "Regimental Pals." which was
scheduled for release on that day, but which has been post-
poned to Saturday, Januarj' l8th. A synopsis of "A Maid
at War" is published elsewhere in this issue.
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"Conquered, or the Madcap Countess "
Two-Reel Great Northern Release.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
ONE of the most beautiful comedy-dramas ever thrown
on the screen. As scene after scene "seductive to
the eye and touching to the soul' is exhibited, a delight-
ful impression is made that helps the story and constitutes an
entirely distinct charm of itself. Such pictures bring people
back to the little places of entertainment in hopes of seeing
more. ^Motion picture audiences are human, are sensible to
pleasure and pain, seek one and shun the other, and love of
the beautiful is universal, a sort of a tirst instinct that leads us
to go where it may be found.
An admirable selection of types has been made, that of the
"Madcap Countess" being especially attractive. She is a de-
light to the eye every moment she is in action. She is a
spoiled child of good fortune, a self-willed beauty, a devil-may-
care rider, of expressive face and shapely figure, a saucy young
widow of wealth and title, who makes game of a small army
of ardent admirers. .Ml this so far as the character is con-
cerned, and the role is not filled by any chalk-faced anemic
from the bench at some dramatic agency. It is taken, captured,
rather than assumed, by a splendid young creature whose per-
sonality needs no modification to carry any such part to suc-
cess.
Radiant with health, conscious of her fine development, the
Madcap attempts to secure a companionable equality with men
seeing how it is done. Fortunately for the comedy — now that
tension is carefully destroyed — the manner in which the story
is told proves so entertaining that we enjoy it from beginning
to end. The charm now lies largely in the exquisite selective
taste shown in scenes and incidents and chiefly in the fascinat-
ing characterization of the central figure.
The object of Lady Madcap's interest is an individual by the
name of Burns. He is a young gentleman of Matinee-Idol
countenance and clothes, is John-Drewesque in his society poses
and very much in the limelight when there is a rescue at hand
where the water is not deep. He throws off his coat and risks
spoiling the lower portion of a glove-fitting riding suit to plunge
in where tlie water is nearly up to his shoulders and pull out an-
other man who found it difficult to push himself below the
surface of a pond.
On another occasion, when accompanied by a number of gal-
lants in a cross-country ride, th-e Madcap Countess tosses a
ring into a pond and enjoys the sport -of watching the men
search for it as the price of a kiss. She is really trying out
the man she has chosen and is both piqued and pleased that he
is not to be made a fool of in that manner — he is simply wiser
than the others. He also jumps a higher obstacle than she,
merely proving, by the way, that he has a better horse, but
she accords him all the credit. The methods of Mr. Burns are
simply a modification of those of Mr. Stone-Hatchet.
Some brilliant ensembles indicate the magnificent hospitality
of the young Countess — she entertains royally — and these consti-
tute one of the many attractive feature of the photoplay. She
gives unique garden parties, appears in daring costumes, displays
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Scenes from "Conquered, Or the Madcap Princess," Great Northern Two-part Picture.
by imitating them, and why not? Men had attained mastery
of all the good things in life by adopting athletic exercises in
the open— why not copy them? She injects all the vigor of
■her young soul into the undertaking, attempting her own emanci-
pation.
Wealth and established position enables her to dispense with
social rules and regulations ; she has enough courage to go
about alone : she plays bachelor girl in receiving visits from
men; she extends a free-handed hospitality to all within her
circle ; she is a thoroughly good fellow. She is ver- gay about and
very clean in her conduct. The life of every party, she is no
swaggering smoker of cigarettes, not mannish, and only seeks
the freedom of mind and body that man has acquired to liberate
the best that is in her. This is manifest in the strain of boy-
ishness shown at odd moments and delightfully intermingled
with the grace, sweetness and charm of womanhood.
A very lovable sort of a character is the Madcap Countess,
one so well qualified to enlist human sympathy that we feel
sorry for her in advance when she conceives a romantic love
for a man who plays heroics in her presence and resorts to
the old lady-killing tactics of snubbing her at intervals. His
stunts are those man has done in all ages to play upon the sus-
ceptible heart of woman. It is deep in her sex nature to love,
to shower unselfish affection upon some natural mate, and she
turns from instinct to the one who exhibits himself in deeds
calling for superior courage and physical strength. The unseen
forces that brought about the survival of the fit whisper to
her that he is THE ONE.
Gay Lady Madcap is only waiting to be "conquered" — it was
not necessary to placard the plot in the title — and the only in-
-terest remaining after this has been thrust in our faces is in
the symmetry of her figure, draws an enchanted circle of ac-
quaintances around her, and tries all the winning arts at her
conmiand to temporarily subjugate that she m?y be, in turn,
forever sulijugated.
On one of these occasions the garden hedge parts and dis-
covers to the guests a fairy-like scene and a charade enacted by
the hostess in company with a band- of pretty children. On an-
other she prepares a surprise in the way of a loop-the-loop struc-
ture of great height. A motor car is hoisted to the top and a
challenge issued. In order to make a complete descent the
automobile must turn a complete somersault in the loop, and the
hazard of steering it is obvious.
Lady Madcap has been torn with jealousy more than once at
her own functions, when Burns saw fit to torment her with
conspicuous attention to some other attractive woman, and her
expressive face has shown the high emotional state of her
mind when she has discovered his studied inconstancy — all the
suffering has been hers — but she brings the relation to a climax
by daring those who think her worth winning to ascend the
dizzy structure and risk the perilous descent. The number of
volunteers is not especially flattering. .A.!! fade away save
Burns.
He discards his coat, climbs slowly to the top of the shaky-
looking arrangement, enters the car. and dashes to his fate.
Every foot of the way is followed by the camera, even when
the car turns completely over, to the end. The daring Burns
becomes the center of general attention, is the hero of the mo-
ment, and the Countess proudly congratulates him. but he does
not claim the reward. He resumes his coat, bows coldly and
prepares to depart. Lady Madcap is compelled to follow ; her
submission is now complete, and she wins her hero.
32
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Progress of National Exposition.
Tentative Plans Assuming a Definite Form and all Indica-
tions Point to a Monster Exhibition.
AT the last regular meeting of the exposition committee
of the First International Exposition of the Motion
picture Art, which is to be held from July 7 to 12,
1913 at the Grand Central Palace, New York, progress of
the most encouraging kind was reported by the chairmen
of various committees. From these reports it appears that
every branch of the motion picture industry has shown an
enthusiasm in the project that points to overwhelming suc-
cess as an absolute certainty. When it came to dividing
off the floor space for the various exhibits that have been
secured by the committeemen, it began to appear that the
Grand Central Palace is going to be somewhat cramped for
room to accomodate them all.
Already some of the larger manufacturing concerns con-
nected with the trade have made bids for such large blocks
of space that the main floor is practically all spoken for.
So far the large electric lighting companies have called for
the largest reservations, which, owing to the nature of
their displays, have got the Exposition Committee guessing
as to where they can place them all to give them the proper
display. Manufacturers of motion picture projection ma-
chines are the next largest bidders, their demands calling
for nearly half of the central floor space. As a single
exhibit, the Eastman Kodak Company is one of the largest
individual bidders for space, and it is easily conceivable that
their exhibit will be one of the most interesting of any there.
Extensive preparations have been made for a strong
publicity campaign, both in the public press and in the trade
journals. The interest of the public will be aroused to a
point that will secure a public patronage equally as keen
as that of the motion picture fraternity. Unlike those
foreign expositions soon to be held, this exposition under
the auspices of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of
America will be international in scope. Already negotiations
with foreign manufacturers are well under way, and the
exhibits that are furnished from abroad will make this ex-
position all embracing and representative of the entire world,
insofar as it relates to motion pictures.
Bearing in mind that the coming exposition will be held in
midsummer, there will be excellent opportunities for manu-
facturers of fans and cooling plants to demonstrate their
wares. Incidentally these demonstrations will serve to
keep the Grand Central Palace cool and make it a haven of
refuge from the heat of a city summer. Music dispensed
by the several marvelous mechanical orchestrions that have
lately been perfected, will keep the exposition from being
a dull afifair. The mechanical music will be augmented by
one of the large regimental bands of New Yoi-k.
On the opposite page is published a plan of the main floor
of the Grand Central Palace, divided into sections and sub-
sections which are numbered. These sections have been
parceled for the various exhibits, according to classification.
It should be borne in mind that at this early date such an
arrangement can be only general and is subject to change,
as the exigencies of the occasion may require. In the main
this plan of arrangement of exhibits will be adhered to,
practically as given, and most of the changes will be in
cases where exhibits would conflict by adjoining;-. In drawing
up the plan of arrangements, the committee acknowledges
its indebtedness to Mr. Rich G. Holloman, president of
the Eden Musee, who gave the benefit of his advice and
experience by special request. Mr. Holloman has had 25
years' experience in exposition work, and is at the present
time vice-president of the International Exposition Company.
He is also general chairman of the board of directors of the
Panama Canal Exposition. Mr. Holloman had the honor
of being chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago
World's Fair.
The tentative plan of arrangement of exhibits on the
main floor is submitted as follows:
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES— End of building,
along Depew Place; spaces 203 to 210.
MACHINE SUPPLIES— Such as rewinders, carbons,
wire, film cleaners, film splicers, reels, cement, film cases,
etc., rear center, near Depew Place; spaces 313 to 318.
CAMER.'\S, etc. — Rear center, near Depew Place; spaces
307 to 312. inclusive.
PROJECTING MACHINES— Rear center near Depew
Place; spaces 301 to 306, inclusive and the large central
section including spaces 319 to 340.
RAW FILM AND OPTICAL GOODS— Center section
embracing spaces 351 to 362.
LABOR.\TORY EQUIPMENT— Perforators, polishing
machines, racks, tanks, etc., left center forward section;
spaces 341 to 350, inclusive.
NOVELTY DISPLAY — Center section facing entrance.
Costumes, antiques, etc., spaces 368 to 372. Electric novel-
ties, spaces 363 to 367.
FANS AND VENTILATORS— Left of entrance; spaces
37 to 42.
SLIDES — Right of entrance; spaces 27 to 32, inclusive.
CHAIRS AND FURNISHINGS— Lexington Ave. end;
spaces 5 to 16.
BRASS GOODS AND POSTERS— Lexington Ave. end;
spaces 17 to 22.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS— Depew Place end; spaces
201, 202, 211 and 212.
FILM MANUFACTURERS (Photoplays)— 46th St. side.
Reception booths which will be presided over by prominent
photoplay actors and actresses; spaces loi to 115, inclusive.
ISOLATED PLANTS— 46th St. side, near Lexmgton Ave.;
spaces 23 to 26, inclusive. 47th St. side near Lexington Ave.;
spaces I to 4 inclusive.
FILM DISTRIBUTORS— Exchanges, Trade combinations.
Marketing alliances, etc., 47th St. side; spaces 401 to 404.
It will be seen from the above arrangement that there
will not be any too much room on the mam floor and that
the balcony will be needed to accomodate the overflow.
There remain to be taken care of such items as the his-
torical e-xhibit; signs, electric and otherwise; screens; booths;
decorative exhibits, etc. All exhibition of films will be done
on the balcony. For this purpose there will be erected at
least four "model theaters," that is, theaters forming a com-
l)ination exhibit, all parts of which will be supplied by
manufacturers thereof. In this way at least four films can
be exhibited at the same time.
The general committee consists of Frank Tichenor, Chair-
man; F. E. Samuels, Secretary; L. F. Blumenthal, Treasurer;
and M. Needle, L. Rosenthal, J. King, B. E. Cornell, and
S. H. Trigger, President ex-officio; the advisory committee
is made up of Sidney Ascher, Chairman; R. L. McNabb,
Secretary; E. Valenci, A. Bauernfreund, Grant W. Anson.
M. J. Goldfarb, M. L. Fleischman, R. M. Davidson, G. F.
Wright, William Douque, A. N. Wolflf, E. N. Day and R. C.
Whitten. The offices of the exposition committee are on
the second floor of the German Bank Building, Fourth Ave-
nue and 14th Street, New York City, where all correspond-
ence should be addressed. ,v _
Space on the main floor of the New Grand Cenfral Palace
will be sold to manufacturers of all articles, pertaining to
the motion picture industry at $2 per square ^foot for pre-
ferred positions, and $1.50 for the remainder. 'i " "
The "Model Theater" idea will give an opportunity to
20,000 exhibitors from all over the world to seq .^the very
latest in theatrical construction and inner decorations per-
taining to the motion picture industry. The idea is to have
the latest ventilating systems installed, the best lighting
effects, the most comfortable chairs, the best projecting
machines, the recognized leading screens and everything
that will make the motion picture theater pleasing to the
public. Manufacturers will undoubtedly be anxious to show
their products to exhibitors, so therefore these theaters will
be numbered i, 2, 3 and 4. Film manufacturers comprising
the Patents Company will be given an opportunity to show
their pictures in one theater, the Film Supply Company of
America in another, the Universal in a third, and the inde-
pendent manufacturers not allied with any combine in the
fourth. Different machines and et ceteras will be used in
each theater, and every individual will be given an oppor-
tunity to decide which he likes best. These theaters will
be erected on floor space approximately 80x20. Admittance
to them will be free.
A copy of the prospectus and a diagram of floor space
will be sent upon application to F. E. Samuels, secretary
of the committee, at the offices of the Motion Picture E.xpo-
sition Committee.
By a special act of Congress all articles imported from
foreign countries to the Grand Central Palace for exposition
purposes will be absolutely free of all duties.
LORIMER JOHNSON IS NOW SELIG PRODUCER.
Lorimer Johnson, one of the best known plaj-ers and pro-
ducers on the American stage, and noted as a globe trotter
and student has joined the Selig producing staff and will be
located with the Chicago studios for the present. Mr.
Johnson was playing in a revival of "The Light Eternal,"
at the Ye Liberty Playhouse in Oakland on the day of the
memorable .San Francisco earthquake. For the .last few
years Mr. Johnson has headed his own company of players
in vaudeville.
MAIN FLOOR
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203 to 210 "
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401 to 403 "
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
DEPEW PLACE
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FLOOR PLAN
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34
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
At the Sign of the Flaming Arcs
By George Blaisdell.
AN interesting letter recently received from Los Angeles
touched on a matter of first importance to all who
have to do with the making of pictures. The writer
is an editor of scenarios, but his interest in a play does not
cease when the manuscript passes into the possession of the
director. Our correspondent, it may be added, is on the
independent side of the house, but wisely does not limit
himself when he goes afield to see what "the other fellow
is doing." But here's the letter:
I notice in Eastern moving picture theaters and
also in local Los Angeles houses since my return
that some of the biggest and most beautiful produc-
tions ever thrown upon a screen have been killed by
careless projection. This condition is in no way
limited to independent productions, but includes the
finest of the Patents Company releases as well. I
have seen this occur in the best houses where one
would think that if the manager had any common
sense at all he would realize that the running of pic-
tures too fast or too slow only serves to disgust an
audience and send them to theaters where projection
is more carefully attended to. I do not know
whether the managers of theaters are at fault or
whether it is the operators they employ. On the
other hand, it is possible that they instruct their op-
erators to run pictures slowly in order to drag out the
time of the show.
Of what use is it for manufacturers of motion pic-
tures to expend thousands of dollars for correct stage
settings, costumes, beautiful stories, artistic direction
and careful acting, if all this is to be ruined and
set at naught by incompetent projection of the pro-
ductions after they are finished? I do not believe
that careless projection is confined to Los Angeles
alone, as I noticed it more or less, during my
recent trip, in some of the finest Eastern theaters.
All of which hits one big nail squarely on its head.
Our Los Angeles friend will cause many a reader to utter
"Hear! hear!" It is too bad there are not more managers
who realize the importance of devoting the proper number
of minutes to a thousand feet of film. For up to the man-
ager it is every time. It is his duty not only to watch his
pictures but also to keep his timepiece on the screen. There
are men who consider their duty fully attended to when
there is sufficient and steady light under the film and the
projector is in such a state of repair that there are no
delays. It does not absolve a manager from responsibility
when he says he leaves to the operator the speed of his
machine. A good operator takes pride in his work. He is
concerned only with projection. The manager, among other
duties, has his eye on the box office. If he sees people
waiting he may tell his operator to "jump 'em through."
The man in the box must obey orders even if the film be
marred, the figures on the screen dance, the margin jumps.
The manager may instruct the operator to drop a number
from the programme, even though it be posted in the lobby,
in order to "clear the house." While this latter expedient
may be a species of obtaining money under false pretenses
it is the lesser of the two evils. At least, it does not jeopar-
dize the eyesight of the people in the theater.
The writer recently observed one glaring instance of im-
position on picturegoers. In this case it was clearly the
fault of the operator; the manager was not in the house,
and the one in charge knew nothing of projection — and ap-
parently cared nothing about it. At 10.05, when a reel
was started, the writer glanced at his watch. He was led
to do this by reason of the streaky projection. It was 10.31
when the thousand feet was unwound. At 10.33 another pic-
ture was started. Without any stopping of the machine the
reel was finished at 11 o'clock precisely, the hour the pro-
gramme was supposed to close. It was a clear case. With
sufficient time to properly run three reels the operator lazily
decided two would do. Once or twice he turned the handle
so slowlj' the shutter did not lift and the screen showed
dark. In the same house the operator has been known to
put on a new reel every eleven minutes. In this case
he was working under instructions. "What can I do?"
asked the proprietor; "the police are pounding me for letting
people stand. I don't want to turn patrons away. The
law limits me to 300 seats. I could fill twice that number
every night at 8 o'clock if I had them. People want five
reels and complain if they don't get them. What can you
do?" And there you are!
At the Herald Square, where four pictures are shown,
manager Rothschild has an ironclad rule in regard to time.
A thousand feet of film must be given eighteen minutes.
The time must not exceed twenty minutes. The figures
on the screen are permitted to comport themselves in a
dignified manner. Undoubtedly to this rule is due in great
measure the popularity of the house. Patrons know that
not only will they see new films, but, what is of more
importance, they will see them under the best conditions
of projection.
We may thank our Western friend for presenting to view
another twist to this problem — i. e., "some of the most
beautiful productions killed by careless projection." And
true it is. Likewise is it true that the fault is at the door
of the manager's office!
Speaking before the City Club in St. Louis recently, Otis
Skinner is alleged to have remarked that because of the
establishment of so many vaudeville and picture houses the
educational standard of the country has been lowered, chiefly
among the working men and women. Wrong, absolutely,
utterly wrong. It is hard to believe Skinner ever said this.
There is more education of the solid sort in five average
reels of pictures than there is in a good play. The actor
bemoans the unfilled galleries of the higher-priced theaters,
referring to them as yawning chasms. He also says that
filmed reproductions of the standard plays engender a
liking for the standard theater and that "graduates of the
moving pictures will go to the higher class theater when
'their finanical condition allows." .Serene conceit! It is to
be expected, of course, that an actor of the speaking stage
cannot comprehend a man going to pictures from choice and
not from necessity. But how about the "graduates" of the
theaters that go to the pictures? There are many of them.
As one enthusiastic woman — and of means, too, by the
way — said not long ago: "Why, we used to go to the theater
one night a week. Now we go to the pictures nearly every
night. We don't think of the theater any more."
* * *
Through co-operation between the Peoples' Institute and
a local parents' association the first public school picture
show of the season has been held in Brooklyn. The latter
organization provided a fire-proof booth. Three hundred
children were present. Among the pictures shown was the
fine Edison "Charge of the Light Brigade." It is said
the Institute will extend the shows to other schools as
soon as booths are installed.
* * *
Even Old Nick himself is taking a crack at this hold-up
business these days. A stage coach loaded with sixteen
passengers, of whom a dozen were on top, overturned on a
bend in a mountain road at Canon City, Col., and started
to roll down a 150 foot embankment. It is pleasant to hear
that the camera man kept on grinding. Some day we will
read about the camera man who forgot to do just that
thing; then we will have a real story. The coach is said
to have turned over slowly. All the passengers were bruised,
Mrs. Victor Eritch and Mrs. John Benedick seriously.
* « *
That tale from the Pacific coast about the long-lost man
being turned up in a baseball film is all wrong. Investigation
and a town-wide hubbub have uncovered a man who looks
like the long-lost, but — it was an innocent drug clerk. The
search still goes on.
The recently enacted Federal anti-prizefight statute brings
an unexpected result. Interested oarties who have made
a close study of the law have failed to discover anything
in it against lantern slides. A Denver promoter arranged
with a number of photographers to take as many pictures
at interesting points of the recent Wolgast-Ritchie bout as
possible. These have been made into sets of twenty-five
slides. It is said several orders have been received already.
A candidate for Congress spent $456 to advertise himself
on picture screens — and was defeated. It is too bad, but
publicity never does seem to help some men.
* * *
The Eclair company will soon put out a short comedy reel
that will be a real laugh-maker. It is on the style of a pic-
ture made by Winsor McCay some months ago and released
by the Vitagraph company: yet it is different. It parodies
the adventures and misadventures of a couple made more
or less famous through the columns of a Sunday newspaper.
The pictures are all hand drawings, and the artist has pro-
duced a novelty that will send home any audience in high
good humor. It is said that this is but the first of a series
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
35
Telling the Truth to the Exhibitor.
By John B. Clymer.
OUESTIONABLE is it Whether there is more lying
"blonde" or ''brunette" done by means of the tongue,
the "unruly member," or on the printed page. Our
antediluvian ancestors had less facilities for stretching facts.
The printing art was yet to dawn and our fore-fore-fore-
fore-fathers had to use the "gift of gab."
A clever Frenchman has said that words are means of
concealing thought. Verily some advertisements bear it
out. In many the percentage of ideas is that of one pea
to the bowl of soup, the pea being the single thought, the
rest being words, words, words. Some advertisement writ-
ers appear to be afflicted with verbal elephantisis. They
see their subject under a microscope and as a result the
facts are magnified to a size monstrous.
The writer believes that few motion picture advertisement
writers write primarily with the purpose to deceive, but
that some are slaves to this habit of exaggeration. They
sometimes come into the motion picture business witnout
Mr. John B. Clymer.
previous advertising experience, and are told by tradition-
bound wiseacres that motion picture advertisements must
be "circused" and that not on their lives must they ever
drop below the pinnacles of superlatives and that the bigger
the adjectives used, the larger the business to be obtained.
As a consequence, this indiscriminate use of strong language.
The motion picture exhibitor has now become more or
less satiated with this high falutin' nomenclature and vo-
cabulary. He has probably rarely read that any film is
merely a good film. They are always "marvelous," "superb,"
"stupendous," etc. While some films may deserve such
adjectives, is it not possible that a good film can be ad-
vertised in another way and that way by treating the news
interest and by escaping from the general to the specific.
What are the strong points, the vital issues of the subject?
Cannot they be mentioned and thus let the subject argue
for itself. If, for instance, in a scene like Gaumont's
"International Conspiracy," where a battleship destroys a
motor boat with its human occupants, or in "Perils of the
Atlantic," where an ocean steamship sinks, a la Titanic,
why cannot these scenes be mentioned, as they actually
happen in the film, aptly described with language com-
mensurate by force to the depiction? Such does not require
adjectives, bombast or pedantry to sustain its interest.
There is the fact. Will it or will it not draw business for
the motion picture spectator and satisfy those spectators
after they have paid their money?
A motion picture exhibitor, like any other business man,
IS dependent upon regular custom. His transient trade is,
of course, valuable, but if he has not his neighborhood with
him, so to speak, it is likely that his theater will soon be
reconstructed for the "offices" of a Chinese laundry or a
fruit stand.
This regular trade is to be retained only by giving to
spectators what they want. What they want is quality
pictures. In fairness to the exhibitor, if manufacturers are
to retain exhibitors' confidence, they should tell the truth
about their productions. The writer has it particularly easy
to tell facts and yet to promote business for the Gaumont
Company. Gaumont productions merit his enthusiasm. But
that enthusiasm he must curb, for should he allow it to run
to extremes, his advertisements would assume the distorted
extravagances of advertisers whose pictures do not measure
up to the biased praise given them.
To keep on the safe side, the writer chooses to keep away
from personal judgments. He elects to tell what is actu-
ally in the films. He finds abundant substantiation in the
films for sticking to facts and is not compelled by the ab-
sence of strengtli and interest in his subjects to resort to
the mere witchery of words. In this manner advertisements
of film production may become "wordizations" of things as
they are, not highly colored fantasies born of the dictionary.
CHET WITHEY JOINS AMERICAN FORCES.
In Chet Withey the Americati Film Mfg. Co., acquires an-
other splendid addition to its lists of stars. Mr. Withey is a
character man of reputation and joins the "Flying A" interests
at Santa Barbara with every promise of adding to his long string
of successes. Mr. Withey is a character man and counts his
greatest successes in Rex Beach's "The Barriers," playing the
character heavy of Runnion. He left the Selig Co.'s Los Angeles
branch where he was identified with some of the best of Selig's
coast productions, to join the staff of the American.
36
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Doings at Los Angeles
Edison Players Join Los Angeles Colony — Reel Club Mat-
ters— Selig Making More Animal Pictures — News Notes.
THERE are two additional motion picture companies to
add to the long list wliich was published in this column
last week giving the roster of the producing companies
now permanently located in Southern California.
Since the list was made up the Edison company, with ii
people, and more coming, has arrived, and a Thanhouser
company is reported on the way.
The Edison company is the one that left New York City
July 13, to take motion pictures all the way across the conti-
nent. Included in the party are J. Searle Dawley, the di-
rector; Ben F. Wilson, A. J. Rothermel, Charles Sutton,
James Gordon, Frederick Ritter, Richard R. Neill, Laura
Sawyer, Jessie McAllister, Richard Brace, camera man, and
Harry Gaut, the company's expert horseman and roper.
Although a Southern California location has not been defi-
nitely decided upon, the company plans to remain here, and
it is said that the Edison company intends to have a perma-
nent studio in this locality. Two locations — one at Long
Beach and the other at San Diego — are now under considera-
tion, and it is probable that one or the other will be leased
or purchased within a few days.
Since last July the members of the company have been
vagrants. They have gone wherever the director's whims
have prompted him to take them, and they have not only
had a splendid time, but have obtained many reels of good
pictures.
Coming across the continent, "rubberneck" pictures were
taken of every large city in which they stopped — Denver,
Salt Lake and San Francisco being among others. These
are not necessarily to be released at once, but are to be held
for certain mysterious educational plans the Edison concern
has afoot.
Just before coming to Los Angeles they visited Yellow-
stone Park, where they exposed several reels of film. They
had the co-operation of the United States government au-
thorities there and elsewhere. In the San Joaquin Valley,
in Southern California, the officials of the government for-
estry bureau started a forest fire for the benefit of the
motion picture camera. This subject was recently released.
The Grand Canyon is another scenic location which has
been photographed.
In addition to photographing cities and scenery, the com-
pany has turned out 12 dramas on the trip, in each case
using locations which were called for by the stories. At
Chej'enne the most ambitious picture was taken — "The
Charge of the Light Brigade." This was taked at Fort
Russell, where the company had the assistance of 250 sol-
diers of the regular army, as many horses, and also all the
employes, animals and equipment of a circus which hap-
pened to be there. It was during this picture that Richard
Neill broke one arm and became the victim of the only
accident of the entire trip.
The Thanhouser company, the advance guard of the
Mutual forces, which heretofore have not been represented
in this vicinity, is reported to be somewhere between Los
Angeles and New York City. Carl L. Gregory, chief pho-
tographer for the company, arrived several days ago and
went to work quietly to find a studio. He succeeded in
obtaining the studio formerly occupied by the Imp com-
pany, before the organization of the Universal group, on
Brooklyn Heights, and took a lease on it at once. It is
understood that the company left New York on receipt of
his wire that preparations had been made. Gregory had
intended to return to New York, but it is now reported that
he will remain here to become director of the Southern Cali-
fornia company and chief representative of the concern on
this coast.
Reel Club Has a Laugh.
The Reel Club of Los Angeles, to Southern California
what the Screen Club is to New York, now has 150 members,
all of them men actively engaged in the producing end of
the motion picture industry, and it still has a name which
no one is satisfied with, because outsiders mistake it for an
organization of fishermen.
Naturally, most of the members wanted to call it the
Screen Club of Los Angeles, but would not, of course, take
that name without the consent of the New York organization.
The Screen Club, when it was officially notified by tele-
graph that the California organization had been formed, sent
on a letter, asking that the membership list of the new club
be sent to New York City to be censored, and that $275 in
the treasury be sent on also to apply on the dues of $i5 a
year which the Southern California members will be expected
to pay. The letter from the East was read at a meeting of
the club, and from the way most of the members acted, an
outsider might have supposed they were very happy about
something. One of the motion picture producers Who was
present made an application for a copy of the letter, saying
that he wanted to turn it over to the scenario editor of his
company. "It would make a scream of a split reel comedy
with very little re-writing," he said. Another man suggested
that the request of the Screen Club be complied with, and
that at the same time the Screen Club be requested to send
on its membership list, so it can be censored at this end.
"It's only a question of time before all the motion picture
people in the United States will come here to locate," he
said, "and of course, since they will be using our clubrooms,
we will want to make sure they are all desirable." There
was also a suggestion that the Screen Club be requested to
send on $6 for each of its members, since turn about is but
fair play.
The meetings of the club are now being held in the Gamut
Club, the home of a local organization of professional musi-
cians, but a committee has been appointed to take the neces-
sary steps to provide the club with a home of its own at
once. Articles of incorporation have been prepared and will
be filed with the secretary of state as soon as a few details
can be adjusted. As a preliminary to incorporation the club,
at its regular meeting December 14th, elected a full set of
officers, including 11 directors, who are to be known as the
Board of Control, since the word* "director" has a technical
significance in the industry. As soon as the incorporation
is perfected there will probably be another set of officers
elected. Several of those who were named pleaded that
they are too busy to serve, and only consented to act for the
purpose of getting things started. The officers are: Presi-
dent, Fred Mace; secretary. George H. Melford; treasurer,
Charles Giblyn; directors, Russell Bassett, Charles Giblyn,
Joseph DeGrass, P. C. Hartigan, Arthur Mackley, Frank E.
Montgomery, Thomas S. Nash, P. M. Powell, J. Barney
Sherry, William E. Wing and Frank E. Woods.
More Selig Animal Pictures.
The Selig people are working on still another big animal
picture. This time it is not an African picture, however, but
a story of circus life.. Each of the directors except Henry
McRae has tried his hand at animal pictures and now McRae
is having his chance, with Kathlyn Williams as his leading
woman in the picture.
The other two directors, Colin Campbell and Lem Parker,
are doing straight looo-foot dramas. Thomas S. Nash, the
new Selig producer for this section has been putting into
effect a new policy. Sensational and spectacular pictures
have been shoved into the background for the time being
and those who keep track of the Selig releases may expect in
the near future to see a line of subtle psychological dramas
of a more thoughtful type, quiet things that give one some-
thing to cogitate on afterwards. This is a hint to photoplay
writers.
Kathlyn Williams, Selig's leading woman, has a new hobby.
She is learning to be an aviatoress, or an aviatoreaux or an
aviatrice — anyhow, she's learning to run a flying machine.
She has been making frequent ascents with Glenn Martin
who says she is one of the most promising pupils he has
ever had, and who thinks she will be ready to try it alone
in a month or so. Look for a Selig release about "The
Girl in the Biplane" almost any day now.
Brevities.
That new Keystone company is surely determined to make
a reputation for its comedy releases. Think of hiring 300
soldiers, 200 horses, together with cannon and other war
stuflf, and- shooting off $100 worth of blank cartridges just
for the sake of making one short scene in a split reel comedy.
That is what Mack Sennett, director of the Keystone, did
at Santa Monica canyon this week. He had in mind a
ridiculous situation in which a blundering would-be hero
undertook to perform a Sheridan-twenty-miles-away stunt
with ludicrous results. In order to put it over he needed a
battle and so he went out and organized one at an expense of
about $2,500. Directors have spent large sums of money
before, but usually the purse strings become loose only when
there is a two or tliree reel feature in sight. This, being
only a 500 foot comedy, sets a new precedent.
* * *
A motion picture editorial containing a powerful argument
against dangerous patent medicines is the Glendale Kalem
company's latest contribution to picture drama. George H.
Melford, director of the company, has just shipped East a
full reel telling the story of a rich unscrupulous patent
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
37
medicine faker, his tiny motherless daughter, who is the only
thing dear to him in the world aside from money, and of
the nostrum maker's neighbor, a poor man also with a small
daughter whom he idolizes. The author of the photoplay
contrived with much skill to lead these characters into a
situation where each child at the same time is poisoned
with the dope. To disclose any more of the story than tliis,
however, might spoil a few minutes' keen pleasure for those
who will see the release later. The studio run showed that
Melford managed to get the story over with a couple of
punches in it.
* * *
Cowboys and other employees of the Kaybee and Broncho
studios in Santa Monica canyon were relieved from regular
duty December 17 and assigned instead, by the directors,
to search the sea coast both ways from Santa Monica for
signs of Aviator Kearney who left Los Angeles in an
aeroplane December 14, carrying a passenger, and bound for
San Francisco. The two men were supposed to have fallen
into the ocean and perished and many searching parties
were sent out to scour the shore in search of wreckage or
bodies. About 100 of the motion picture people engaged in
the hunt, and received their salaries as usual.
* *" *
The Los Angeles local motion picture censor board has
asked the city council to amend the existing ordinance so
that its membership will be increased from five to seven, and
to add a provision permitting two members, acting in con-
junction, to pass on films, providing they can agree, otherwise
the film to be viewed by the entire board. The change is
asked because the duties of the board have increased so that
the work has become burdensome. To have viewed every
film which was exhibited in the city last week would have
required 54 hours of continuous work, allowing 15 minutes
to each 1000 feet.
* * *
The Carnegie Alaska-Siberian motion pictures are back at
the Mason opera house where they had a money making
run of six weeks earlier in the year. Friends of the motion
pictures, who, only a few years ago, were obliged to listen
to sneering remarks from theatrical managers about "catch-
penny devices" which were destined to disappear in a short
time might be pardoned nowadays for chortling a bit when
the managers of leading theaters turn occasionally to motion
pictures to relieve the monotony of unprofitable business.
* * *
The fund for the relief of William Paley, the veteran
cameraman, formerly of the Nestor company, who is in the
hospital suffering from an infection from which he will never
fully recover, was increased $100 this week when, at a meet-
ing of the Reel Club, a hat was passed. The first round
brought $92.50 and when President Mace announced the sum
there was a second collection taken to raise the amount
needed to make it an even hundred.
* * *
Charles Kessel, one of the owners of the Kaybee, Keystone
and Broncho companies, and incidentally charter member of
both the Screen Club and the Reel Club, has gone East
to spend Christmas in New York. While there he will
attend to some business for the company and pay a formal
and official visit to the Screen Club as ambassador plenipo-
tentiary from the Reel Club. He has not, however, been
authorized to pay the Screen Club that $6 on account of his
membership in the Reel Club.
* * *
David Horseley, formerly proprietor of the Nestor com-
pany and now one of the controlling factors in the Universal
group, is expected to arrive in Los Angeles immediately after
the holidays. This is the time he is due to buy a home
here and settle down for good. He has been flirting with
Los Angeles every trip he has made and the last time he
picked out the spot where he wants to build his home. I
have promised a large number of real estate agents to notify
them when Horsely arrives. P. M. POWELL.
KLEINE'S CINES AND ECLIPSE.
George Kleine promises three first-class releases for the
week ending January 4th, 1913, consisting of an absorbing
drama of heart interest and two split comedy reels which
are sure laugh producers.
"Amy's Choice" is the title of the Tuesday Cines. It
relates in a highly entertaining fashion to a charming girl's
many difficulties in deciding between two most ardent suit-
ors. She has a clever plan to test the courage and devotion
of the two, in an apparently perfectly innocent way, and
when her decision is finally settled her dramatic manner of
giving No. 2 his walking papers is well worth watching. The
story is enacted in the midst of a most beautiful garden,
which affords truly wonderful backgrounds.
To complete the reel, "Among the Abruzzi Mountains"
offers an extremely interesting scenic, showing the ancient
city of Sulmona. views of the surrounding country and sev-
eral beautiful winter landscapes in the reclaimed basin of
Lake Fucino.
For the Eclipse, "A Four-Footed Cupid" tells of a remark-
able dog who manages to put through a deal in love all ty
himself. The canine seems to possess human intelligence
in the manner he takes possession of the letters belonging
to the quarreling lovers and carries them to the mail box,
after which, by means of many clever tricks, he finally brings
about a nconciliation.
"Laughing Billy" completes the reel. Billy meets a pal
who tells him a funny story. Billy insists upon sharing it
with every one, including business men, washer-women, howl-
ing babies and even a diver at his work. Although unappre-
ciated, the fellow keeps repeating the tale until, returning
home, he meets his wife, who, resenting his foolish mirth,
belabors him over the head with a broom, but Billy still
laughs on. The reel is certainly a sure cure for the blues,
and will brighten up any program.
An absorbing drama of tender interest is billed for the
release of January 4th, 1913, entitled "A Sister's Heart." It
relates to a proud, spirited girl, who opposes her younger
brother's marriage to a young woman of humble station.
Through the influence and persuasion of the old family
servitor, however, the two girls are brought together, and
it is not long before love conquers pride and prejudice.
Touched by the misery and sweet face of the other, the sis-
ter's heart warms toward her. She immediately sends for
her brother, and upon his arrival all former discord is for-
gotten in a happy gathering of the three young people. The
leading role, that of the sister, is well acted by Miss Hesperia,
who is now taking most of the leads for the Cines Company
and is doing most excellent work. The part of the old
servitor, which is also important, is well taken by Mr. Charles
Maestro, in his usual capable manner.
SELIG COLORADO COMPANY MOVES SOUTH. .
Harry Cohen, business representative of the Selig Polyscope
Co., has returned from a trip through the Southwest, where
he went to select a new winter location for the company
now operating at the Canon City Studios. Plans have been
perfected for transporting the entire company to some one
of the selected localities in the southwest, although the Selig
Company has not as yet given out just where this location
will be, A freight car full of horses and properties have left
the Chicago studios for the new field camp and it will arrive
at the new location at about the same time the Colorado
players appear upon the scene. An automobile has been for-
warded with the horses and Tom Mix, the famous Selig
cowboy, has been transfered from the Chicago studios to
the headquarters of the Colorado company. This branch
of the ambitious Selig organization will produce during the
coming months some of the greatest war and western sub-
jects ever released by the Selig people. Mr. Selig recently
secured the entire works of Gen. Charles King with exclusive
rights for picture purposes, and many of these well known
stories will be produced by this company.
THE STANDARD OF PICTURES IN GERMANY.
It is worthy of note that in Germany the believers in edu-
cational cinematography are the moving powers against "de-
basing picture" shows. This is entirely consistent with the
attitude of their contemporaries in America. Mutuality of
interests is identical; it is therefore profitable to repeat that
the best censorship is that which is devoted to cultivating
the higher tastes, rather than simply criticising the lower
ones. Dr. Rauh, a prominent German educator, ts organizing
a "campaign of education" against pictures which he believes
to be below the standard of proper exhibitions. "The morals
of the modern pictures are the morals of Paris Apaches,"
says this teacher, "many of the film dramas cover crime with
a mantle of attractive sentimentality instead of the abhor-
rence which should be taught." As a guardian of youth he
further says that "when they make light of the sanctity of
marriage and the home, the growing generation will give
ample proof of the evil."
The fitting language of this criticism is apparent; it is also
noticeable that these opinions are consistent with those so
often expressed here. All honor and success to Dr. Rauh
in his laudable campaign; it is eminently fitting and proper
that those most interested in the educational moving pic-
tures should be the ones to voice the true standard of amus-
ing yet non-educational pictures.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN
I HAD a very strong impression that Mayor Gaynor would
hand out a Christmas present in the form of his signature
to the recently passed ordinance on the six-hundred
seating capacity. He is taking more time for its considera-
tion than was generally expected. No doubt the hold up
is due to the eleventh hour amendment on the censorship.
Perhaps he will hand down the signed ordinance as a New
Year greeting. Some people look for a veto of the bill
as a whole, but most of those interested feel that, under
the charter of the city, the Mayor has the power to exclude
the censorship amendment and make the rest of the bill
a law, and will exercise it. It has been stated upoij what
appears to be very good authority that personally the Mayor
is favorably disposed toward motion pictures and believes
that the law authorizing the increased seating capacity is
a good one, as it will be another step towards putting
small, ill-managed places that have been responsible for
so much adverse comment out of business.
* * *
It is the opinion of many people who watched the pro-
ceedings that led up to the passage of the ordinance that
the tacking on of the censorship amendment was simply the
handing out to their constituents of a little pap by the Alder-
men who saw they could not prevent the passage of the
measure. It is as certain as anything can be that not one
Alderman really believes that the amendment belongs in the
ordinance or can be sustained. Some have argued that as the
educational features of motion pictures have formed the basis
for a great part of the recent discussions concerning them,
that they naturally fall within the jurisdiction of the Board
of Education. This has some merit as applied to motion
pictures to be used in the public schools, but it seems to be
an exaggerated stretch of imagination as to the duties and
jurisdiction of the Board when an attempt is made to con-
stitute it as supervising authority for theaters.
* * *
^ But aside from the constitutional or legal phase of the
situation the amendment should be killed from a standpoint
of common sense. The public does not realize the amount
of time that is required to censor the motion pictures. Hours
are spent day after day by the present censoring body in
just watching the subjects as they are projected upon the
screen and much additional time is spent in discussing them
after they have been projected. As in all other bodies,
opinions vary in the Board of Censors and to settle dis-
cussions that arise the manufacturers are frequently sum-
moned to present a film for another inspection. When looked
squarely in the face it seems it would be an impossibility
for the Board of Education to adequately perform the duties
for which it is created and properly perform the work
that is done by the existing Board of Censors. If the Board
of Education cannot take care of both with equal fidelity
and adequacy the only question left for determination is
the line of duty to which it should give its whole attention
and effort, and the answer to that question is that part of the
charter under which the Board exists.
* * *
Too many people think the censorship of films chiefly
embraces joy rides to the studios of the various manufac-
turers. Like many who seek connection with the studios
in various capacities, they look upon the whole picture busi-
ness as all play and no work. Some have been heard to
remark that the existing Board of Censorship is simply a
source of easy money. They do not know that hours and
days of service are given by the ladies and gentlemen who
constitute the Board without the slightest recompense. When
this is taken into consideration one is bound to concede that
some of the comments that have been made on the work of
the Board have been most ungrateful and unjust, especially
when the fact exists that nearly all the motion pictures that
have been the subject of criticism have not been before
that Board.
* * *
The censorship question is not one that can be settled
by any hasty pudding amendment. It is one of broad scope,
requiring far more study than has been given it in any of
the discussions, recent or remote. A well known lawyer
stated the other day that his mind was quite clear on the
constitutional phase of the question. It certainly does not
appear equitable that motion pictures should be bound hand
and foot while unlimited latitude is given theaters, song
writers and publishers. If the theaters are to be exempt on
the ground that they exclude children under the age of l6
years, then the motion picture houses that enforce the same
law should enjoy the privilege. As to many of the present
day songs, their titles, lines and interpretation are abomin-
able. All these and many others, said the lawyer, must
be considered when we talk of censorship. Special legis-
lation is unfair.
A manufacturer was asked if the ordinance on censor-
ship would be contested on constitutional grounds in case
of final enactment, to which he replied that we had not
heard the matter discussed. "It would be premature to give
a definite opinion on the effect of such a law," he said. "So
far as we are concerned we are not seeking any excuse or
opportunity to become involved in ligitation. We are doing
our very best to eliminate everything of objectionable
character from the pictures before they leave our studios
and for that reason we cheerfully accepted the officers of
the People's Institute when it organized the Board of
Censors. Many of the people who are most strenuous in
the crusade in behalf of the morals of the young are compara-
tively recent converts to motion pictures and I believe many
of them are influenced by an honest purpose, although all
all of them are more or less radical and lack knowledge of
the history of the business. Much has been said of the
great advancement that has been made in the pictures from
a photographic and artistic standpoint and just as much may
be said truthfully as to their moral tone. This condition
was not brought about by crusades or legal restrictions.
When the picture business was supported by a small propor-
tion of the public the manufacturers saw that to enlist the co-
operation of the greater mass of people it would be neces-
sary to take up the lines they are now following. If one
half the pictures that are shown today were half as bad as
some of the radicals try to make the public believe they
are the picture houses would not enjoy the family patronage
that they do, and I am quite certain there are more parents
as careful of the welfare of their children, morally and
otherwise, than can be inferred from the actions of some
of the people who are on the outside, looking in."
* * *
A moving picture man arrested for displaying in front of
his place a poster that depicted a scene from a picture being
exhibited in the house was discharged by the judge when
it was shown that the film had been approved by the Board
of Censors. This is the right view, and had a proper in-
vestigation been made the exhibitor would not have been
arrested if the complaining party had any sense. If canned
goods bear the label under the pure food law should the
grocer be held if somebody discovers that the goods are
not as represented? Give the exhibitor a chance. If an
error has been made in judgment by those who are supposed
to be better able to determine as to what he shall exhibit
he is certainly entitled to consideration before being dragged
into court. All such affairs can be adjusted'without splashing
them with the color of crime at the expense of an innocent
exhibitor.
* * *
Well, little Mary Pickford- has left us to go into the
"legit" under Mr. David Belasco. Success to her, May we
live to see the day when she will be spoken of with the
same admiration we have for Warfield, Blanche Bates and
others of Mr. Belasco's proteges. She certainly made good
in the pictures and was one of the first actresses in the
business to attain the position of intimacy and popularity
with the public that so many now enjoy. The only objection
I ever had to her was her name. I first took a dislike to it
in an east side theater when a woman sitting beside me
exclaimed to her escort, "O, there's little Mary Pigsfoot;
isn't she grant!"
Pathe's weekly continues its high-class instructive work,
it is worth noting, that where pictures hold an interest,
they increase in popularity; these weekly pictures are al-
ways fresh and their appearance is anticipated regularly,
people look for each issue with interest second only to the
morning paper.
At the present time the Balkan War scenes are the most
important. The recent release showed regiments of both
Montenegrin^ and Turkish soldiers going to the front. The
smart appearance of the Montenegrin soldiers evoked
applause.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Among the Picture Theaters
News and Views of Houses Here and There.
39
EMPRESS THEATER, CENTRAL CITY, KY.
THE Empress Theater, the first of the chain to be erected
in Kentucky, Southern Indiana and Tennessee by the Con-
soUdated 1 heaters Company, has been completed at Central
City, Ky., and is one of the handsomest houses in the western
section of the State. The cost of the Empress was $12,000, an
entirely new building being erected for the purpose for which it
was intended. O. T. Crawford, of St. Louis, is president of the
Consolidated Theaters Company, which is capitalized at half a
million.
The Empress Theater has a seating capacity of 450. The
dimensions of the building, 30 feet wide and 78 long, make it
possible for this number of seats to be installed without crowd-
ing. The seats are the regulation opera chairs, heavily uphol-
stered in leather, and insuring comfort for the patrons of the
handsome new theater. Comfort, of course, was a prime requi-
site in the construction of the house, and that necessity is well
cared for. <A high-class ventilating system was installed at a
cost of $1,200, while steam heat automatically regulated provides
an even temperature regardless of outside weather conditions.
While patrons of the Empress have found that every conveni-
ence has been provided for them, they apparently appreciate the
beauty of the theater even to a greater extent than other consid-
erations. The Empress, in this respect, ranks with the hand-
not regarded as likely, however, that this will ever be called
into use, except on isolated occasions. Photoplays are highly
popular in Central City, and the public has indicated its prefer-
ence for pictures over a varied program. Like all successful
exhibitors, the Consolidated will endeavor to give its patrons
what they want, and so it may be assumed that moving pictures
will form the program for an indefinite period or until public
taste changes.
Unlike many theaters at interior points, the Empress gives its
patrons a daily change of pictures. Twenty-five-day service is
used, the Universal program being presented through the Central
Film Service Company, of Louisville. Matinees are given on
Wednesdays and Saturdays, while performances are run every
night. As a concession to public sentiment in Central City, the
house is closed on Sunday. Two new Standard machines are
used by the Empress, which also has its own motor generating
set. Tom Brocar, of Louisville, was the architect for the new
house, while the American Mosaic Tile Company, of the same
city, did the tile work. The Empress opened about the middle of
November.
Entrance to New Empress Theater.
somest theaters in Kentucky. The entire lobby of the theater
is of mosaic tile, the name of the house being inscribed on the
lobby floor in the same manner. Tungsten lights provide plenty
of illumination for the exterior, as well as diffusing the entire
front with an agreeable glow. A cluster of lights hangs in the
lobby, while the arch is lined with individual globes.
Frescoing and plastic relief work combine to make the interior
especially attractive. The theater is provided with a dome ceil-
ing which adds further dignity to its appearance. The walls on
the interior are completely lined with mirrors, while the same
is true of the lobby and foyer, or interior lobby. The inverted
lighting system, now so popular in all classes of theaters, is used
in the Empress Theater.
Appearance of the sixteen employes of the Empress conforms
to that of the theater itself. All of the attendants are uniformed,
the doorkeeper, ushers and other employes being attired in dis-
tinctive and attractive uniforms. No less attractive are the girl
cashiers. The manager of the theater is Thomas W. Murphy, a
Central City man, who has had long experience in conducting
moving picture houses.
A feature of the Empress is orchestral music. The orchestra
is composed of no less than eight experts, the best of the musical
talent of Central City. A piano, cello, first and second violins,
clarinet and two cornets, with drums, compose the orchestra,
which is considered one of the finest in Kentucky, able to render
appropriate music for any film, no matter how exacting the
demand. The music of the Empress, more than any other fea-
ture, possibly, has been instrumental in popularizing the house.
While moving pictures only are run at the Empress, provision
for vaudeville has been made by the erection of a stage. It is
RICHLYNN THEATER, KANSAS CITY, MO.
The Richlynn Theater, a photograph of which is herewith
published, is owned and managed by Messrs. Richards and
Flynn, and the name "Richlynn" is a contraction of the pro-
prietors' names. The house is situated at 215 West 12th
Street, Kansas City, Mo., and shows Licensed pictures.
mn
Richlynn Theater.
Messrs. Richards and Flynn are also the managers and own-
ers of the Subway Theater, 807 Walnut Street, and the New
Wonderland Theater, Twelfth and Grand avenues, both in
Kansas City, Mo. These houses seat about 550 people each,
and also exhibit Licensed pictures.
WORK ON $100,000 PICTURE HOUSE STARTS.
Work has been started on the construction of a new fire-
proof motion picture theater in South High Street, Co-
lumbus, Ohio. The house will be operated by Max Stern,
proprietor of the "Exhibit," a motion picture theater at IJS North
High Street. It will cost $100,000 and will require six months to
construct.
The name of the place will be the "Majestic." A seating capa-
city of 1,200 has been planned. The front of the building is to
be of pressed brick and terra cotta. The operating booth will be
of fireproof construction and built apart from the rest of the
theater.
Robert J. Harmon, for seven years manager of the Exhibit
Theater, will have charge of the Majestic when finished.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
LYCEUM THEATER COMPANY HOUSES.
The Maze Theater.
The Maze, a moving picture theater located at Monroe,
La., an engraving of which is herewith pubHshed, is owned
and controlled by the Lyceum Theater Company of that city,
of which Mr. W. L. Jennings, the manager of the house, is a
partner. The Maze was opened on December i, 1911, repre-
sents an investment of $5,000, and has a seating capacity of
The Maze Theater.
.300. The stage measures 19 feet by 23 feet. The operating
•room is equipped with two Power's No. 6 machines, and the
size of the picture is 15 feet by 21 feet. The house is well
ventilated, having a thirty-six-inch exhaust fan and twelve
sixteen-inch fans. Each performance consists of moving pic-
tures and vaudeville.
The Lyceum Theater.
The Lyceum Theater, a cut of which is herewith published,
is also owned and controlled by the Lyceum Theater Com-
pany and managed by Mr. W. L. Jennings. The Lyric Com-
pany purchased this house about a year ago from Messrs.
Josiah Pearce & Sons, of New Orleans. The structure rep-
resents an expenditure of $30,000 and has a seating capacity
of 500 persons. The interior measurements of the Lyceum
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The Lyceum Theater.
are 50 by 80, and a fully equipped stage has been provided
for. The picture projected at the Lyceum is the same size
as that projected at the Maze, but instead of the projection
battery consisting of two Power's machines, there are in
constant use two Edison Exhibition A machines. Mr. James
P. Brennan is chief operator for both the Lyceum Theater
Company's houses. The ventilation equipment of the Lyceum
consists of two thirty-six inch exhaust fans, five ventilators
and six ceiling fans. Music emanates from an orchestra of
four pieces.
MERCHANT TAILOR OPENS PICTURE HOUSE.
Mr. A. Ojek, formerly a merchant tailor of South Bethle-
hem, Pa., has opened a theater at Third and Oak Street, in
that city. Power's No. 6 has been installed and the Uni-
versal program is pulling the crowds for Mr. Ojek.
PICTURE HOUSE HAS A DOUBLE SCREEN.
The Oxford Theater, a new moving picture house situated
at the corner of Ontario and Champlain Streets, Cleveland,
Ohio, and which is owned by Messrs. W. H. James and F. A.
Noble, bears the singular distinction of being the only mov-
The Oxford Theater.
ing picture theater in the United States and Canada with a
double screen as shown by the accompanying photograph
of the interior. A person may go into the theater and see
two shows for a single admission price. After he has seen
one show, he may by moving an aisle or two to the right or
left of the house, as the case may be, see the other.
The entrance to the Oxford is pretty and plants ornament
the front as the exterior view, printed herewith, will show.
Interior View 01 Oxiurd Theater, Showing Double Screen.
No unsightly posters mar the entrance, and inside the seats
are comfortable and the place is well ventilated. A fireproof
operating booth is used and two machines are in constant
operation. The proprietors say that the place has done a
splendid business since its opening.
OAKLEY, OHIO, TO HAVE NEW PICTURE HOUSE.
Messrs. Moorman & John, of Oakley, Ohio, have commis-
sioned Architect Edward Sloctemyer to plan a fireproof mov-
ing picture theater with a seating capacity of 1,000 for them.
The structure is to be built on the north side of Madison
Road near Gilmore Avenue, Oakley. The dimensions of the
building will be 60 feet by 150 feet and it will cost about
$25,000.
CARNIVAL SUCCESS BRINGS NEW PICTURE HOUSE
FOR DENVER.
The success of Denver's great festival of "Mountain and
Plain" and the consequent revival of business have induced
Mr. S. S. Baxter, proprietor of the Isis motion picture theater,
Denver, Colo., to begin the construction of a new motion pic-
ture house in Curtis Street between Seventeenth and Eight-
eenth Streets. Work on the building will begin shortly.
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VICTORIA THEATER, ROCHESTER,' N. Y.
The Victoria Theater, of Rochester, N. Y., of which we
publish herewith two half-tone engravings, was built in 1910
and used as a high-class vaudeville house until February,
1912, when it was taken over by the Rochester Theater Com-
pany of Rochester, and converted into a picture house.
The structure is absolutely fireproof, being constructed of
steel and brick throughout. In the front the building is two
stories and in the rear three stories in height. The lobby is
tiled and contains over 500 electric lights, artistically arranged
in fioral design. Four sets of doors lead from the lobby into
the auditorium proper. Standing in the lobby is a large
marquee, studded with electric lights, which enhance the
beautv of the front.
Victoria Theater.
The color effect throughout the auditorium is rose and gold,
with flovi-ers painted in natural colors. The orchestra floor
contains 1056 seats exclusive of the boxes, which are four in
number, and seats ten persons each. In the balcony there are
522 seats. All chairs in the house are so arranged that a per-
son may come in or pass out without disturbing those seated.
The auditorium is horseshoe shaped and the pictures can be
«een clearly from any part of the house. Two broad stair-
ways, one on each side of the house, lead to the balcony.
The requisite number of exits have been provided for.
There is a large stage, thirty-five feet deep, with a pro-
scenium opening of twenty-five feet by forty feet six inches,
and is so equipped that it can handle any'size or kind of pro-
■duction. There are quite a number of dressing rooms under
*he stage, all of which are nicely furnished.
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The operating room is in the rear of the balcony and is
■constructed of steel and concrete. Two Power's machines
are used together with a spot light. The throw is no feet.
Women's and men's retiring rooms have also been pro-
vided for.
The building is well ventilated, having a forty-eight-inch
exhaust fan. which is capable of changing 26,000 cubic feet of
air per minute, and twenty-four smaller fans placed through-
out the building. The music is furnished by a three-piece
orchestra. First-run licensed pictures and high-class vaude-
ville constitute the programs. The place opens at noon and
closes at 11 p.m. The admission price is five cents for the
entire house.
The officers of the Rochester Theater Company are:
Edward L. Fien, president; W. H. Kelly, vice-president; H.
C. Kelly, treasurer; John J. Farren, secretary and manager.
SEQUOIA THEATER— SACRAMENTO, CAL.
The Sequoia motion picture theater, located at 909 K
Street, Sacramento, Gal., of which we publish herewith a
halftone engraving, was opened on the 22nd of November,
1910, by the manager, Isidor F.- Morris. The dimensions of
Sequoia Theater.
the structure are 36 feet wide by 130 feet deep and it has a
seating capacity of 600 persons. The lobby is built of mar-
ble and is 20 feet deep. The Sequoia was built according to
the plans laid down by Mr. Morris, and it has all the con-
veniences, such as ladies' and gentlemen's lavatories, sanitary
drinking fountain, etc. Umbrellas are checked free of charge
by the management. The house plays to motion picture
only, no vaudeville being shown.
GAYETY THEATER, SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH.
We publish herewith a cut of the Gayety Theater, Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., of which Mr. F. D. Beardsley is the man-
ager. The house has a seating capacity of 300 persons and
is one of the Soo Amusement Company's theaters. The
Gayety Theater.
Indians standing in front of the tlieater are genuine full-
blooded Chippewas. Some of the Chippewas are educated
Indians and they are good patrons of picture theaters.
NEW PICTURE THEATER BUILDING.
At Stevens Point, Wis., M. E. Bruce and his son-in-law,
Russell Gregor3-, are constructing, in the northern half of
Odd Fellows' Block, a moving picture theater, to be known as
the "Gem." It will be one of the finest local picture houses.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
cyldvertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
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Once More — Cigarettes.
WE had hoped that we had heard the last of the cigarette scheme
but several exhitiitors argue that the scheme has the endorsement
of the Motion Pictures Patents Company, since the magazine con-
trolled by them has accepted the advertisement.
As a matter of fact the Motion Picture Story Magazine is not now
owned by the licensed manufacturers, but by part of them and not even
J. Stuart Blackton, of the Vitagraph, who is president of the publishing
company, has much to do with the actual management of the magazine's
affairs. For this reason it is entirely possible that not a single member
of the Licensed company approves the coupon scheme, and for that
matter we believe that they are almost all opposed to the use of the
motion picture theater as an advertising auxiliary for a brand of cheap
cigarettes, nor does the argument of the editor that it is impossible to
censor advertisements, probably reflect any more accurately the position
of the editor's employers.
A characteristic communication signed by Eugene V. Brewster, the
managing editor of the magazine, is sent in by a southern correspondent.
It runs:
Your favor received. I am sorry you take the view you do.
We cannot be censors over our advertisers and over our readers'
tastes. Since tl;e majority of the best people in the world smoke
cigarettes, I cannot see why cigarettes should be suppressed
merely because a few small boys sometimes become addicted to
the habit. All of the high class magazines carry advertising of
liypnotism, cigarettes, whiskey, and drugs that I would not want
my boy to answer, but I cannot see why I should blame the pub-
lisher for that. There are many arguments for and against ac-
cepting promiscuous advertising from a reliable house that ap-
parently is not immoral.
Not the Point at All.
We think the editor begs the issue while revealing a curious mental
attitude. The issue is clean cut and well defined. Reduced to simple
terms it amounts to this:
Can any branch of the motion picture business (and this includes the
press), afford to become closely identified with the promotion of the
tobacco industry in any form ?
It is so recently that the pictures have been lifted from the sough into
which they had fallen through the ill advised efforts of a type of
manager now happily almost extinct, that the business is not yet on
a plane where it can afford to be confounded with anything that in the
public mind is in ba(^ repute. Unquestionably some of the "best people
in the world" are addicted to the use of cigarettes, but in the minds of
thousands there is an intimate connection between the cigarette, the
small boy and the picture theater that is regarded by them as immoral
if it is not so regarded by Mr. Brewster, who in spite of his connection
of two years with the motion picture business is not and probably never
will be a motion picture man with the best interests of the business
closer to his heart than the advertising account.
The Difference.
Did the Moving Picture World share this attitude, it is probable that
our advertising space could be sold to the tobacco company for three
or four times our regular rates. Since the first announcement of the
coupon scheme we have fought the idea as hurtful to the best interests of
the business and we have refused the cigarette advertising, with or
without editorial endorsement. We take the ground that a censorship
of advertising should exist and though this stand has cost us many thou-
sand dollars, we have consistently refused to accept the advertising of
correspondence schools and similar misleading publicity matter. We feel
that our first duty is to our readers and the business they and we repre-
sent, and it does not require much intelligent thought to realize that
the cigarette coupon scheme is a bad business, not alone morally, but
from a strictly utilitarian point of view as we have already recited.
All high class magazines maintain a certain standard of advertising, re-
fusing thousands of dollars worth of business from concerns of com-
mercial integrity, but with schemes of questionable propriety. One con-
cern, alone, operating several popular priced magazines, annually turns
down more than one hundred thousand dollars worth of actual advertis-
ing contracts, because of the duty it owes its readers and its knowledge
that the best advertisers will not go into a magazine that accepts anything
and everything. It is at once a problem of good taste and sound busi-
ness sense.
And On the Subject.
And while we are on the subject of questionable advertising we print
this letter from M. D. Stilson, of the Schuyler Opera Hous^-, Coble-
skill, New York:
I am enclosing you copy of advertisement cut from our local
paper The Cobleskill Times of Dec. 5th, 191 2.
Just such things as this are what is keeping the mails full of
scenarios written by people that never had an idea in their life,
and never will have one that will work out into a photoplay.
Not only that, but it makes it all the more of an up-hill job for
a person that can ' write fairly good script to sell it. The editor
gets sick and tired of reading trash and when my script comes to
his notice, possibly he will give it a reading, and possibly he will
not.
I shall show this advertisement up in one of our other local
papers this week. Think it is one of the most misleading things
ever written.
Mr. Stilson is a photoplay writer as well as a manager and he knows
the script situation belter than do most exhibitors. The advertisement has
been run broadcast in the paper of the small towns. The course is priced
at $20, will be offered at eight with successive drops to four and two. if
the first offer is not immediately accepted.
The trouble with the scheme lies in the fact that hundreds of unintelli-
gent persons are induced to part with the tuition fee on the assertion that
no literary skill is required. Not one in a thousand of the students
develops into a successful photoplay wright and a large part of our busi-
ness as photopay critics consists in straightening these students out after
their graduation. Why not follow Mr. Stillman*s lead and save your
patrons from this foolish expenditure? The real photoplay school is in
your theater, the study of the picture on your screen.
Doing It Right.
In a town the size of Detroit, with one paper hostile to the photoplay, Mr.
Starr obtained 46"^; inches of pure reading matter carrying the cachet of
the local society. He did precisely what the Edison Company and the Na-
tional Society figured that he could do. He made money and gained pres-
tige while helping a movement that is worthy of all help, and he did it right
off the reel. Those Edison purpose plays are not merely money makers.
They bring an even greater return in the endorsement of the local
societies.
Whenever you have something along these lines, work through the local
societies. Get them to speak to the editor if you do not advertise; get them
to speak anyway, for that matter. Give the widest publicity to the fact
that you are working with the local society. Give them all you can get
for them and get all you can for yourself. If Mr. Starr can get nearly
fifty inches of reading matter in- Detroit the smaller towns can do even
better. It's there waiting for you, but you must reach out and take it.
Coming Into Its Own.
And speaking of press matter, we are glad to note that the Baltimore
News is giving a full page to pictures and picture advertising in the Sunday
edition; the page facing the theatrical department and forming a part of it.
It makes an erroneous claim to a new departure, for there are many such
departments in the daily papers throughout the country, but each addition
helps. That the Baltimore exhibitors are live wires is shown in the fact
that in three weeks the number of advertisers had risen from nine tO'
twenty-two, the second issue carrying nineteen. Gradually the photoplay ad-
vances to its proper position in amusements. In two years the paper with-
out a photoplay department will be more worthy of notice than those witb
them, at present.
Mr. Arnold Wins,
Recently the Quorum Court of Mena, Ark., imposed a fee of $1.50 a
performance on motion picture shows on the decidedly unique proposition
that the Lyric was making money and could afford to pay it. We do not be-
lieve that the Lyric plays matinees, but if it did the license fee would ex-
ceed that paid by the largest dramatic houses in New York City — which also
are making money at times.
Mr. S. A. Arnold has frequently demonstrated his ability to keep things
moving and he made things so hot for the father of the obnoxious measure
that a special meeting of the court (which seems to regulate local affairs)
was specially convened to repeal the ordinance. Here is a clipping front
one of the local papers, that strikes the keynote for the rest of the agitation:
Yesterday the Quorum court, on the statements of one member,
assessed a license of $2.50 for each exhibition given in Mena by a
moving picture show.
This sort of thing can have but one effect, and that is to make
such amusement houses as the Lyric an impossibility in this city.
The grounds on which the prohibitive license was imposed was that
the Lyric was making a great deal of money, and could well afford
to pay the amount named, not that it was intended to drive it from
the city.
The facts are at variance with the claim, as anyone could easily
ascertain who tried.
The Star and. it believes, a great majority of the people of Mena»
appreciate the Lyric as an amusement feature of modern civic life
that is beneficial and necessary, and that it should be maintained
so long as it is kept up to its present standard and worth.
If not, then enforce such an unreasonable license measure, and
eliminate it.
Now For the Moral.
And now for the moral. Mr. Arnold writes:
I have always kept my show above reproach, which proves that
it pays to have the best people your friends, even though you think
you can get along without them.
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43
Mena is strictly a picture town. Mr. Arnold has picture opposition but
neither house runs vaudeville and the opera house has been dark for two
seasons. In addition to the photoplays, Mr. Arnold features his music,
frequently offering a vocal and instrumental program of note.
He keeps his house above reproach and the moment the stability of the
house is attacked the people fleck to his standard, the papers aid him in his
fight and public opinion forces the repeal of the obnoxious tax. Do you
suppose that the town would have been wrought up because the picture
theater was threatened had. Mr. Arnold brought to town every blood and
thunder release he could coax from the exchange? That's the moral.
First for Kinemacolor.
Here is the first advertisement for a Kinemacolor theater that has come
under our notice. It is a postal card and done in green and red ink, which
makes a fine showing against the white card. It is reproduced in detail
that it may assist others to frame their advertising for the same feature.
The name of the house, the word Kinemacolor and the price are in red,
the rest being in the green form. The typographical balance is unusually
good.
WASHINGTON THEATER
Beginning Saturday (Tomorrow) and
Every Day, Including Sunday
MATINEES AT 2:00 DAILY EVENINGS AT 7=00
The Wonderful
Motion — Color — Life Pictures
(With Lecturer)
KINEMACOLOR
The World's Beauties of Nature Depicted as in Life, with the
Splendor of Color, Hues, lints
Change of Program Every Other Day
10 cts.— NO HIGHER— ID cts.
The only city in Michigan giving Kinemacolor at these prices.
Subjects announced in daily paper
PICTURES FOR YOU AND YOURS
Runs As News.
Hugh King Harris, of Grand Rapids sends in a clipping from a daily
paper in which the coming attractions at the photoplay theaters are listed
as a matter of news. The fact that the houses are all under one manage-
ment makes the collection of the data easy, but if you know your program
in advance why not try out your local papers? It might go through.
Takes Plenty of Space.
J. H. Morris, of the Sequoia Amusement Company, Sacramento, writes
that he takes 4,000 inches of display advertising in the Sacramento each
year, sometimes using full-page ads for the big features.
The advertisements quote freely from the- criticisms of the films
appearing in this paper and makes effective use of them. Here are a
couple of examples:
Note: We are just in receipt of "The Motion Picture World,"
in which there are several pages devoted to Comments or Reviews
of the different photoplays that are produced throughout this
week, we have taken the liberty of republishing the Reviewer's
Comments on the film "War's Havoc" which is in part as follows:
A wartime picture around a grand old Southern home. It is
a highly commendable offering. The story is exciting. There
are pretty girls, handsome officers and large bodies of troops that
seem well trained that are used effectively in more than one im-
pressive scene. The background includes a railroad with trains of
cars and old-fashioned engines. Best of all, there is a head-on
collision between a train and a single engine that made one or
two in the audience cry out almost in fear. It is well photo-
graphed and is a sure feature.
The following are the comments of the man who reviews all
the motion pictures for the Motion Picture World, a magazine
devoted to the motion picture industry. If the picture needs a
roast, this souvenir certainly gives it all that is coming to it,
but on the otlier hand, if the picture has merit he gives "the
devil his du^. Here it is:
A first-class comedy, well planned and cleverly acted. It
made many hearty laughs and some real howls. Ike gets
an invitation to a "maskerade" and takes an amusing way
to obtain a suitable costume. It's a devil's make-up and
when i-e gets it on and, with a pitchfork, starts out for
the ball he frightens even the horses. The men arc stam-
peded until one shoots off the tip of his tail. It's a very
desirable release, a good mirth-maker.
By the Janitor.
C. E. Lindstruth, who writes that he is "operator and janitor" of the
Hippodrome, Carthage, N. Y., sends in a handbill for comment. In a
small town an operator's duties are many and peculiar, but an operator
who can do the advertising should not have to do the janiting very
long. Mr, Lindstruth has some good ideas, but his make-up might be
improved upon. He realizes this in part in marginal comment, in which
he suggests that the day's release is underplayed and the coming releases
overplayed, but he does not preserve proper balance in the day's feature.
It starts off:
Guy de Maupassant's Famous Story
"THE BLIND MAN'S SACRIFICE'
TODAY ONLY
AT THE HIPPODROME
Produced by the Famous Milano Co. of Rome, Italy, in Two Reels.
There follows the descriptive matter and other subjects for the day.
Then a rule breaks the space, and below is the announcement of the
coming features. The top line is i8-point, the title 6o-point, the "today**
line 24-point, the house name 36-point.
Relative Values.
The two big lines are the name of the house and the name of the
feature. We think that raising the house title to greater prominence is
required, and would run first the "today," then the house, the author, the
title of the feature and the Milano line. This would be a more logical
order. At the same time we would play up the name of the house in
larger type and a bolder letter. An extended type such as is used for
the "today" line, but in a higher point, would make the house title big and
black and plainly seen. Any advertising should be so planned that the
name of the house forces itself upon the eye. We would take the entire
line for "Hippodrome," and let the "at the" fall by itself in a lo-point
line.
The coming releases- could have been drawn in a little with profit, an
i8-point being plenty large enough for the titles. A cunning suggestion
is offered in the announcement that the specials will be shown during the
week at the Hippodrome, the dates to be announced later. The bait line
reads: "Should you spend an hour each evening or attend the matinee
every day this week you would miss none of these special films."
Taken by and large it is good average work, and should raise the janitor
to advertising agent.
Stays Alive.
Here is a letter from Mr. H. M. Star, of the Empire Theater, Detroit
It speaks for itself:
Am sending you some newspaper notices for your advertising
column which I was able to get for the Edison release, "Hope."
As soon as I read of this release I booked it, and then got busy
with the secretary of the Detroit Tuberculosis Society and had
them go after the papers. If I had taken the press matter around
they would either have laughed at me or quoted advertising rates.
Through the Society I was able to get it gratis, and you can see
by enclosed clipping that I gave the Society all the credit for get-
ting the film, and when I showed the film I passed out their litera-
ture. I can truthfully say that the day I ran the film I had more
automobiles in front of my house than any two dollar theater in
the city, and I packed them in from 9 A. ^L to 11 P.M., and
the film gave full satisfaction both to the public and the Detroit
Tuberculosis Society.
One of the morning papers the next day also gave me a favor-
able notice. I am writing you so that other exhibitors who pos-
sibly may not think of the newspaper notices in the large cities
can use this. You know it is pretty hard to get the city papers
to give favorable notices to photoplay houses. Am sorry to say
that the word "movies" appears in a couple of the notices, in
place of the proper word, photoplay, which I used in my press
matter, but the paper that used the word had previously been
knocking pictures, and I imagine they were so sore at having to
to speak a good word for the pictures that they used their old
favorite "movie" deliberately.
Something Nice.
The Briam Film Review, the advertisement of the British- American
Film Company, of Montreal, is a fine example of good work from the
preparation of the copy to the printing. The company is a new one, making
a specialty of Canadian subjects and if The Battle of the Long Sault is
anywhere near as good as its advertisement there should be a demand
for it.
Returnable Cuts.
The M. P. Sales agency in its announcement of advertising matter for
From the Manger to the Cross, lists half tone cuts on rental, the cuts
to be returned within two weeks. It strikes us that there should be an
idea here for some of the American manufacturers. It would involve a
little extra work, but the cost of the cuts could be divided between three
or four managers before the cut was retired. It might be possible for an
exchange to try the scheme were it possible to imagine an American ex-
change doing much for its patrons.
The Kalem Kalendar.
And speaking of the Kalem company, their holiday Kalendar in red,
green and gold was "some" Kalendar. It is to be hoped that the Vita-
graph and Edison companies follow the lead in offering their publication
to the playgoer on subscription. It all helps to create an interest in
the pictures.
Simple and Eifective.
The Exchange theater, Goldfield, Nevada, in advertising Ostler Joe
simply reproduces the poem on coated paper and gives the date of show-
ing, the name of the Edison company and the statement that "This poem
has been followed so carefully that it can be used as a synopsis for the
film." That sort of thing means a lot more than the most glowing praise.
It will not work in all cases, but in the matter of a well known poem
it does excellently and many of the copies will be preserved, serving as
a permanent advertisement.
Get the Gift of Gab.
Mr. Williams possesses what is sometimes termed the gift of gab.
He has the faculty of fluent expression. There is a certain ease and im-
pressiveness of speech' that counts. Take this example: "A vivid, vital
and blood thrilling story picturesquely staged and masterfully handled."
This is more impressive than the usual "great story" and yet the trick
is simple. If you lack fluency of phrase get a copy of Roget's Thesarus
at your bookseller's. A brief study will show you how to gain the lists
of synoymns and their opposites, but the Thesaurus also gives phrases
as well as words for which reason it is better than Crabbe or other
books of synonyms. If you will make note of the useful words you'll be
surprised at the improvement in your advertising. The constant iteration
of "great," "grand" and "magnificent" wearies the ears. Learn to say the
same thing in a hundred different ways. You'll be surprised to find how
easy it is.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
■ We PHOTOPLAY WRIGHT
Hk&S) Conducted bj^ Epks Winthrop Sargekt
It's About Time.
1T*S about time to remind you again that editors do not want you to
send them historical subjects or plays based on books that may or
may not be copyrighted. It's one of those things that needs to be
written about every sn often, because the subscription list is growing fast
and the newcomers didn't see the last paragraph.
The last straw this time is a letter from a friend who writes that his
-daughter has a splendid acquaintance with history and literature, and he is
*ure she can write some fine j-lays.
Very likely she can, but the chances are that she won't sell them, for
what the editor wants from the outside writer is original ideas. If he wants
to write historical subjects he can buy a second hand history for thirty
cents and do the writing himself. If he wants to put on Romeo and
Juliet, either as an adaptation from Shakespeare or in a modern setting, he
-is quite competent to make the working script himself, probably more
competent than the outsider. But he can't think up three or four really
-good new ideas each week and if you can think up one for him. he'll buy
that and buy others from some other writers who may be able to turn out
one good script a week or a month or twice a year or whatever their ca-
pacity, but by having a lot of stories, he is reasonably certain to get what
he wants from someone and he doesn't have to buy Washington Crossing
the Delaware thinly disguised as "When the West Was Young" and
ehowing Ben Bradley, the brave pioneer leading his little band of frontiers-
men across the Ohio as full of ice as on the occasion when Eliza made her
justly celebrated escape. You don't want history and literature. You want
traagination.
Keeping Up the String.
Lately we advised keeping a string of scripts out as the only way to
«cure anything approximating a steady income and very promptly a cor-
respondent writes that he has tried it, but that the scripts come back faster
than he can send them out.
It only takes two minutes to mail a script and if, when the story is
written you will take the trouble to make a list of the most likely markets
for that particular story, naming them in the order of their probability,
all you have to do is to take the script and send it to the next studio on
the list.
But scripts that come back with such remarkable promptness are evidently
not the right sort of scripts. The writer who cannot write scripts that
•tick is not yet ready to build up a string. It is not the number of scripts
out that counts. It is the number of really good scripts in the hands of
the editors that brings regular returns. Do not send out everything you
write just because you've written it. Send out only the best. To send
out the story that even you are not quite certain of is to enrich the post
office rather than yourself. Study your work. If it doesn't seem to be
quite right hold on to it until you do get it right.
The advice as to building up a string was intended only for those who
can make an average of 75% of sales, but until you can come close to that
average you are still a student and need to keep most of your scripts home
to study them.
Don't get the idea that you are a writer because you can run a type-
writer. You're not a writer until you can sell three-fourths of what you write.
Producing Photoplays.
Many people have written that if they could know just how a photoplay
was produced they could write better stuff. Since admission to the studios
is denied the outsider, we will try and take you through the process on
paper.
In the 6rst place your script arrives at the studio. Usually it is recorded
and passed on to the editor. We think that in practically every studio the
script is read by the editor or his assistant and not by the first and sec-
ond reader. That sort of thing does not exist. Each script gets an edi-
torial hearing.
If the editor approves he lays it aside. There may be a conference of the
directors some night each week or each director may deal individually
with the editor. In any event the approved script goes to some director
most likely to approve that particular style of story. When he has time he
reads it and if he likes it he takes it, though, as a rule, he first talks it
over with the head of the concern or some person delegated by him. If
the latter likes the story a release slip is sent the author and a check fol-
lows the return of the slip properly signed.
The script is now the property of the company. It may be put in hand
immediately or it may be laid aside. If the latter it may be that the story
is not seasonable or it may be a railroad, seaside or some other form of
special story to be made when a sufficient number of scripts of the same
general character will warrant the hiring of a branch railroad, a trip to the
shore or whatever it may be. If it is one of these specials, say a railroad
Btory, the props for the railroad scenes are listed and given the director's
assistant, who is a sort of general utility man. The deal is made with the
railroad, a train or two goes into the command of the director and as
quickly as possible the railroad scenes of two or more scripts are made.
Then the players go back to the studio where the interior sets and street
scenes are made in more leisurely fashion.
If it is straight studio production the property and scene plots are pre-
pared, the actors are selected, told about the custoracs needed and perhaps
given a general idea of the play. Meantime the stage crew are getting out
the settings or perhaps one or two scenes are built. The sets are raised
and all the scenes in any one setting are made before the scene is struck
and another set is made. Perhaps while the second set is being made the
director loads some of the players into a car and goes out and gets the
exterior scenes, his assistant having made the arrangements for the loca-
tions.
The director may work from the author's script or he may entirely re-
write the play to suit his own ideas, but he has some sort of a working
script on which the scenes are checked off as they are made and from
which he gets his idea of each scene.
The negatives are developed and printed from and the leaders are. pre-
pared. The positive prints are joined together in their proper order, gen-
erally by the director himself, and the leaders and letters are inserted.
Generally the leaders are made from printed cards and the letters arc all
done in India ink on white or tint paper, the tint relieving the glare of
the dead white sheet just as the table linen and draperies are tinted blue
or light yellow to kill the chalky effect.
Now the beginning and ends of each scene are trimmed off to make the
action smart, and perhaps whole scenes are eliminated or replaced with a
leader to get the subject into proper length. Then the print goes back to
the printing room where the negative is marked in accordance with the
positive and given a negative number and a scene number. These arc
printed and joined together by girls who are guided by the numbers, and
the prints are packed in tin boxes and shipped to the exchanges.
The director is guided in his choice by many things besides the value of
the story. He may not like that sort of story, or liking it, he may figure
that it is too risky to take a script with so many outside scenes at a time
when the weather is apt to be bad and the sky overcast. He may be limited
as to expense and figure that the cost of building certain sets is too great
or the hiring of certain locations is too expensive. He may wint only
plays for a woman lead or vice versa, or he may figure that certain essen-
tial mob scenes may not be strong enough to warrant hiring fifty people
at three dollars apiece. Most directors are required to turn in one full
reel a week. They want a good strong story that can be made with little
trouble and perhaps in four or five days instead of six. If you write that
kind you can sell them almost anywhere.
Names.
Shakespeare didn't seem to think that there was much in a name, but
he never wrote photoplays. Lots of photoplay wrights seem to agree with
William and shoot over some of the sort of names that a darky mammy
gives her youngest child. That's a mistake. Make the names simple and
common. Call your heroine Grace and the Editor is apt to like her but
tag her Murieletta or Nanceline and he'll cuss. So will the director. Mari-
anne is more musical than Nan, but when the director wants to call the
star into a scene he's liable to choke over the name and ten seconds are
lost while he is trying to cough it out. on the other hand he megaphones
"Come on. Nan," and she arrives on the scene with no lost motion or
stage waits.
Most directors call the players to action as the scene is played and they
cannot bother with fanciful names. Of course no sane editor is going to
decline a play just because the heroine is Manuelita instead of Nita, but
he'll make a face every time he sees an inch and a half of name where a
half inch would do as well.
Here's another wrinkle. Call the young people by their first names and
the elders by their last. Do not write that "Hunger ford and Miss Van
Athelstane exit from the scene while Mr, Van Athelstane regards their
departure with approving eye." That reads well but it is not half as
business-like as "Nan and Ted exit. Mr. Bruce looks after them ap-
provingly."
Certain names suggest heroes and others villains. Fit the character.
Do not call the villain Jim or Jack. Call him some less intimate name. It
will set the characters in the minds of the editors much better. It will
seem to "belong."
To the beginner this may seem a very small matter to make a fuss over,
but it is not. Some of the men on desk may not appreciate what they
sense, but consciously or unconsciously every editor is impressed by a cer-
tain knowing air to the professional script. There are little earmarks that
point the experienced man and these help the general effect whether the
script reader knows it or not. One of the ear marks is the adept fitting of
the names to the characters and the circumstances. If you picked up a
novel with the hero named Adelbert you would be inclined to laugh at such
a name for a hero. Why not be as careful in your script? You can even
suggest age with a surname sometimes and conjure up the vision of a
bent and feeble old man simply through a happy selection of a name.
In one of the house organs we recall an article in which a writer de-
clared that he had a scrap book in which he set down all odd and unusual
names and recommended the practice to others.' It is about the last thing
that should be done in photoplay, though it is a good plan in fiction. Stick
to the simple, descriptive names and you will be more likely to sell.
Your Market.
We just answered a letter from a writer who explained that he had sent
a story to Edison but they had not liked the idea. We explained that the
probable reason Edison had not liked the idea was that the company was
some three thousand miles from a place where the story could be staged
and suggested some companies three or four miles from a suitable location.
More than this, the writer had tried to sell from the synopsis and not
from the developed script, a procedure not unlike trying to sell a ton of
hay with a blade of glass as a sample. You may have the finest sort of an
idea and yet be incapable of developing it, and the editor wants to see
what you have to sell before he decides if he wants to buy.
Half the trick of selling lies in sending your wares to the right market.
If you have a story with four or five lions and send it to Victor, for ex-
ample, you won't sell it. Victor does not make that style of story. Selig,
on the other hand, might buy it, because that company maintains a me-
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nagerie. Even in smaller matters it is essential that you should study the
needs of the buyer. Two companies may make an equal number of society
plays and the inference would be that both would ofifer the same market.
But one might have a woman lead and the other feature its leading man.
In such a case a story with a woman lead would appeal to the former but
be returned by the latter. Suppose that you went into a shoe store and
told the clerk you wanted a pair of shoes. If you wore trousers what
would you think of the salesman who took you over to the women's depart-
ment and tried to sell you a pair of satin slippers? The comparison may
seem a bit far fetched, but it is not. If you try to sell a story featuring
a man to a company that features a woman, you are displaying no better
salesmanship than the shoe store man.
If you .. read this paper regularly, more particularly the stories of the
films and the comments, you'll be able to keep posted on what is wanted
by the different companies and will be able to market your wares to better
advantage.
Selling isn*t merely sending out scripts. It's sending out scripts to the right
places. Sending them out indiscriminately is not selling — it's gambling.
Personal Privilege.
Some weeks ago we expressed regret that the Motion Picture Story
Magazine saw fit to endorse the questionable correspondence school schemes
in its advertising and editorial departments. In an effort to "get back"
that would be childish, were it not for the gravity of the charge, the Jan-
uary issue of the magazine says:
Epes Winthrop Sargent, of The Moving Picture World, is very
much opposed to photoplay schools. Mr. Sargent has written a
book in which he tells all about how to write photoplays, hence
the schools are unnecessary, Mr. Sargent is also opposed to
cigarettes. He smokes long black thirty cent cigars.
Either Mr. Brewster possesses an atrocious memory or he blinds himself
to the truth. He will perhaps now recall that we replied to bis suggestion
that the Photo Playwright was in need of an editor to the effect that we
■did not want to mix up with the Boonville bunch. We also explained
that we refused to collaborate with J. Berg Eisenwein on a text book and
school course, because to do so would be contrary to our expressed faith,
though the Eisenwein offer was an honor. Either of these connections
would have meant more money in a month than our royalty on Techni-
que of the Photoplay will amount to in the next two years. We are not
opposed to the correspondence schools because we have written a book.
We wrote a book because we do not belie\-e that any school scheme can
give value for the money.
Keep It Close.
A man wc know is wrestling with a comedy script. He has been told
that the first version wandered too much and so he made a new version
that rambled all over town and out into the country. He lost his grip
on the idea and it ran away from hira and it was a good little sprinter
at that, with Marathon tendencies.
Don't let them get the best of you. If you find that the plot is getting
restless and fractious tie it down and tie it tight, because once an idea
gets away you never can tell where it will run to. In this particular
script about half the scenes were padding because the writer had been
told to throw overboard a lot of the other stuff. He followed, instruction,
but after throwing out the useless cargo he took on a lot of rock for bal-
last and was so badly ladened as before. Never mind if the story does
look skimpy. If you've got all the story in and nothing else (be particular
about the nothing else) you have something that is likely to sell if the
idea is a good one, but the minute you give your Pegasus its head and let
it start to run away with you, you never can tell whether you will land
in the next county or the hospital.
If you've a starting point and an idea as to where you want to go,
get there by the most direct route. Don't write in some pad stuff be-
cause it's funny or dramatic according to what it is that you are writing.
Keep right along from point to point, using only the essential scenes.
Terseness will help a bad play. Padding will kill the best idea ever
thought out. When you start to revise a script remember that revision
■should, if possible, mean condensation as well.
Old-Fashioned Ideas.
Did you ever pick up one of the novels written say in the early *5o*s, not
by a master of English, but by an average writer of the time; one of those
*'It was a dark and stormy night, down the desolate road a solitary horse-
man" novels.
There are people who write that sort of photoplay and never seem to
realize that they are a half century and more behind the times. Dickens,
Scott, Irving and Poe have been visualized, but the solitary horsemen writers
stay in the oblivion they deserve, yet stories of this style keep piling into
the studio and make quick exits because they are not at all what the editors
want.
Write to the 1913 model or you are wasting good paper. Lost wills are
passe, and so are scores of other factors that were in high favor when
Lincoln was still a lawyer. Don't use them. Get new goods.
Wants Too Much.
We recently received a letter from a lady with a grievance. She had
sent a script to the Vitagraph that was properly prepared in accordance
with the rules, yet the Vitagraph sent it back with never a word as to
why, and later ignored her request for this information though she sent
a stamp.
If a peddler comes to your door with potatoes, you do not stop to
explain that you prefer rice. You slam the door in his face. The Vita-
graph did not slam the door, but it did content itself with a polite no
and we fail to see wherein the vendor of photoplays differs from the
seller of potatoes.
No author has a right to demand a reason for rejection, nor can such
a reason be given a week or so after the script has been read. If you
do get a reason be grateful. If you do not, do not get the. idea that
you are being defraudjd of your riglii;.
Short Cuts.
Most studios ask for a cast of characters. Some like scene plots from
those whose work is of a character to pass without an undue change in
scenes. If you depend on memory for this data you are apt to forget
something. If you pick up the stuff from th ■ finished script you are mak-
ing a lot of trouble for yourself.
We use three cards or slips of paper placed on the sliding shelf of the
desk. The first of these is the cast slip, the second is for interior and the
last for exterior scenes. Before we start we name the four or five leading
characters and write these names on the slip. If wc have a maid in scene
five we write:
Maid — 5.
Perhaps we shall not need her again, or possibly we use her in scene ten.
In the latter case we add the ten and the entry looks like this:
Maid — 5 — 10.
Every time we introduce a character we enter it on the slip and if the
character does not appear in more than three or four scenes we note those
scenes as we write them. Then the director knows that the maid who plays
in scenes five and ten can also play the boarding mistress in eleven and
thirteen.
If the first scene is a lawn we write that fact down on the script of ac-
tion and then turn to the third slip and write:
Lawn — 1.
If it is an interior we enter on the second slip instead. Every time we
use the lawn we mark down the scene number. After the script is com-
plete we take the three slips and from them write the scene plot and cast
without wasting a moment, but before we write the scene plot we count
the numbers to make certain that they are all down. If they are not, and
sometimes we forget one, we start with one and pick out the figures until
wc come to the missing number. We save about two days a year this way.
Perhaps you know of some short cut. Send it in.
Cost of Production.
This isn't another suggestion to save the manufacturer money by not
asking for an ocean steamer where a rowboat will do. It's your own pro-
duction cost this time. Are you economical or stingy?
Here's the way we figure it out. We can get paper of a sort for sixty-
five cents a ream of 500 sheets. That will make about one hundred to a
hundred and twenty-five scripts. That makes the paper for each script cost
less than one cent. For another half-dollar we can get paper we are not
ashamed of, paper that gains the respect of the editor and is likely to help
a sale. The additional cost is one-half cent for each script. Isn't it worth
that extra half-cent to be proud instead of ashamed of your paper?
We pay half a dollar apiece for ribbons. We use black record ribbons.
They arc the shortest lived of all the ribbons we know, but for all of our
work our ribbon outlay is about twelve and a half cents a week. Isn't it
pretty poor economy to cut down the cost to only five cents a week and
pound away on the rag as long as it will make any sort of impression?
Carbons cost $3.50 a box. We do not try to do more than ten copies
with one carbon. It costs a cent and a half a script. But we get a clean-
cut impression, and when we send out the carbon, as we do sometimes in
case of loss of the original when the studio asks for the copy, we send
something that is almost as good as the original. Five dollars a year for
carbons is only ten cents a week, and any one of those copies may do us
more than five dollars' worth of good. Does it pay to get your sheets by
the dozen and pound one into a pulp before you discard it?
This may sound finical and fussy,' but it's based on experience and we
know it pays to put goods up in an attractive package whether it is per-
fume, pills or plays. Try it.
Where It Belongs.
The other day we ran across a script that on the last page carried a
note to the editor, suggesting that certain changes would materially improve
the script.
The bottom of the last page is no place for these Improvements. It's
tough to have to copy over four or five pages of script to get the sugges-
tions into the scenes where they belong, but it is not one-tenth as unpleasant
as piling up rejection slips for the script because the improvements are in
the wrong place.
Never let a script go out until you feel that it is not susceptible of fur-
ther improvement. Every time a script comes back, look it over again and
see if you can better it. If you can, pull it apart and doctor it ap. Don't
start an appendix of suggestions. Put the improvement right where it
belongs in the plot of action, and if you copy and recopy a dozen times,
be cheered by the thought that the more you work on an idea the better
chance you stand of making a sale. Unless you are willing to do your
work properly it is foolish to try and write at all. We have written a
30,000 or 30,000-word story over two, three and even five times because
there was a sale at the end of the job. We didn't add a couple of pages
of advice to the editor on how he could fix it up so it could be used. We
rewrote the whole story, and then we did it all over again, but when wc
got the check we forgot how tired we were of the story and thought only
of work that was satisfactorily done at last. If your pride in wori' well
done isn't stronger than your laziness, why work at all? If you do work,
do the best work that is in you.
Cheer Up.
If you've had a couple of scripts come back and are feeling blue,
cheer up. We got back fourteen in one lot the other day. We think
this is the photoplay record. Twelve of the fourteen are not at all bad
scripts and we are going to sell them some time somewhere, but when you
weep over your puny little two think of our fourteen — and cheer up.
The moral of all this is that even the trained writer working with a
single company in view cannot always suit his producer, so when you get
a story back do not think it means the end of -all. Look for someone else
to sell it to after you've fixed it up a bit.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Projection Department
Edited by F. H. RICHARDSON
Chicago Regulations Amended.
WE are, by courtesy of the Chicago authorities, in receipt of an
amended copy of the New York Rules and Regulations of the
Department of Electricity and the Ordinances of the City of
Chicago, Governing the Use of Moving Picture Apparatus. Section 1616
provides that all operators must, in addition to their license, have an identi-
fication card bearing their photograph and signature. This is a most ex-
cellent provision, and is, presumably, copied from New York City. I
notice that one of the rules provides that "no combustible material ex-
cept the operator's clothing, must be kept in the operating room." Read-
ing this caused a smile. Thank Heaven the operator doesn't have to wear
asbestds or do a male Venus stunt, anyhow. He is still permitted to re-
tain his ordinary raiment. Another rule, with which we heartily concur,
reads: "Operators must report all bad reels of film to the department, and
must not use the same." A most excellent rule indeed, and one that other
cities may very well copy. The use of anything less than No. 6 B. & S.
gauge wire in connection with arc lamp circuits is prohibited; a thing we
have long advocated in this department. The use of motors for operating
machines is prohibited.
Nowhere in these rules, however, do I find any provision requiring a
Tent flue of sufficient size to carry off the smoke in time of fire. We find
the same old idiotic proposition of requiring fireproof walls and semi-
automatic shutters over the operating room openings, zirithout any adequate
means of carrying away the flame and smoke, which does the damage by
causing the audience to stampede. Presumably, the operator is to stay
there and swallow the smoke and flame as fast as it is made. All kinds
of fire prevention appliances carefully specified; automatic shutters on the
machines; no motors allowed; in fact the same old string of chestnuts, and
the one sensible thing which would absolutely protect the audience from
any possible injury through a Him fire, is carefully omitted. Must^ we
again tell the Chicago authorities, and all other authorities, that it is a
childishly simple matter to so construct an operating room that the walls
will be thoroughly fireproof, that all smoke and flame will be instantly
carried away to the open air and that the shutters will drop over the open-
ings in two seconds of the time a fire starts at either the machine, the
film storage box or rewinder and that all the film in the room can burn
and the audience absolutely not know that anything out of the ordinary
is happening? Are the authorities so dense that they cannot grasp this
idea, or is it due to the fact that the pull of the building owner or
the theater manager or owner, who objects to the expense of the installa-
tion of an operating room equipped thus is so great that it overbalances
the item of safety to the public?
Let us face this matter fairly and squarely, gentlemen, just for once.
You can eliminate all fire danger if you really want to! You can so
construct a room, and so equip it, that you need not care if it be car-
peted with loose excelsior, since fire therein cannot possibly do any man-
ner of injury, except to the contents of the room itself, or in the least de-
gree alarm the audience, since they would not know that there was any
fire at all. Why, then, don't you get down to brass tacks and enact
laws governing the construction and equipment of operating rooms which
will contain at least the germs of common sense? Chicago, of all cities,
through the experience of the Iroquois fire, should know how much more
deadly a panic is than a fire.
Chelsey, is absolutely wrong and pernicious, nevertheless. It is not the
amount of tax I object to. That has nothing to do with the matter. If
taxes are too high I guess the Canadian brothers are amply able to attend
to that matter themselves. What I object to is a tax which makes for
poor service, in that it discourages the installation of a second projection
machine; a thing that every moving picture theater should have. Let the
Canadian authorities assess the tax in such amount as they think right
and proper. If their ideas are too large, the people themselves will
soon fix that. There is, however, no good reason why the house with twa
machines should pay more than the house with one. In fact, the house
with one machine might be very much larger than the one having two
propectors, yet it would, under the scheme of taxing according to the
number of projection machines, pay the least amount of tax. As to the
operators' license: why should the operator pay ten dollars for something
having no value whatever? If that is not a cold-blooded holdup, kindly
explain to me why it is not. Chicago at one time robbed the operator of
$10 per year, though he did at least get a little protection in return.
■That fee has been reduced to $3 for the first year, and $2 per year there-
after— which is not unreasonable, though New York City exacts no fee
at all.
That Canadian License.
Indian Head, Sask., Can., contributes the following explanation of the
moving picture machine tax, which we severely criticised in these columns
recently:
After reading your reply to our friend in Chelsey, Ont., Novem-
ber 23d issue, I am moved to explain the why and wherefore of
matters. In this country every business man has to pay what the
authorities call a "floor space tax." The more space used, the
more you are assessed. The exhibitor, however, does not pay
any such tax, but instead pays a license, amounting, in reality,
to the same thing. I think our friend from Chelsey should hare
explained this, in which case your answer might have been much
different. I might add that all operators in this province have
to pay $10 per year before they can operate a moving picture ma-
chine, but unfortunately any Tom, Dick or Harry can get a license
on those terms, so that the really practical operator has no protec-
tion whatever in return for his money. And now for a question:
I am using a Power's Six; three-wing shutter; 104 volt, 60 cycle
current through a Fort Wayne compensarc, pulling 40 amperes on
a 70 foot throw. I am credited with putting up a sharp clear pic-
ture, but can I go one better by using a two-wing shutter in place
of the three winger?
A two-wing shutter will give you a greater percentage of the light;
also very much more flicker. The reason for using a two-wing shutter on
60 cycle current is that, if your current is really 60 cycle, and you speed
tip to about 70 a minute, the wings of the shutter get into synchronism
with one side of the alternations of the current, producing a flashing
of the light. As to the license question: Your statement puts a somewhat
different face on the matter. But the basis of taxation, as described by
Queer Fuse Trouble.
Hays, Kan., sends in sketch of his wiring and writes as follows:
Attached find sketch of an arrangement which I use to light the
operating booth (don't know any such thing, brother. Do you mean
operating roomf). I have the incandescent hanging right over
the lamphouse. When the arc is burning, the lamp almost goes out,
but when the arc is off, the light burns up bright. It saves the
trouble of turning the light on and off. Enclosed find drawing,
exact size, of a three-wing shutter we have used on an Edison
Exhibition Model. It is simply an Edison shutter, with a perforated
wing taken off and two brass blades substituted. The solid blades
are further apart than those of the ordinary interrupter. It works
all right, but I cannot see any great difference in the light than
with the regular shutter. The lamp wire sketch shows how machine
projecting lamp is connected. We are troubled considerably with
fuses, as follows: Current is 60 cycle, no volt. Main switch is
fused up with 250 volt, 60 ampere fuses. Current passes from
there through a Sterling Economizer, 100 to 120 volts, 60 amperes,
which I keep closed as tight as possible. The fuses never blow
out; that is to say, they do not snap out like a fire cracker. But
they get hot and gradually burn the coating off the fuse and with
the paper all burned and charred they sometimes hold for a couple
of weeks. Then again they will get hot and burn out in one eve-
ning. I surely would appreciate it if you could locate the trouble.
The electric company has given it up. The wire is No. 8 through-
out. I have the old handbook and want the other as soon as it
is out.
J ■ /t/i/f^ SWITCH AND rises
9. -- DPefinrfffo- switch
3= £C0flBMI2£X
The way you have that lamp connected it would not burn at all when
the arc is off, because the operating switch would be open. Possibly
this is merely an error in your drawing. However, your operating switck
is wrongly located. It should be ahead of the economizer where No. 1
now is, but anyhow I would like that arrangement for lighting an op-
crating room. It is very frequently desirable to have good light in the
operating room when the machine is running, though ordinarily I do
not want any light at all. Still, if something goes wrong while the ma-
chine is running, plenty of light may be an absolute necessity. As to
the shutter I do not publish the sketch because I would not consider that
kind of 3 shutter as at all desirable. It would undoubtedly give excessive
flicker; even more so than the ordinary two-wing shutter. As to the fuse
matter, you can search me. I notice you say you keep your economizer
closed as tightly as possible. Do not know what you mean by that. If
those fuses act the way you say they do, then they must be made of an
alloy that has altogether too high a melting temperature. If it is as you
say it is, there certainly is something wrong with those fuses and I would
advise you to get some of another make at once. Go to the light company
and get some ordinary fuse-wire, put it in, and see what happens. Rip
out that No. 8 wiring, particularly between the compensarc and the lamp,
and put in No. 6 righ* away, is my advice to you. The sooner you do
that the better. The handbook will certainly be ready for delivery by the
time your order gets here. We have been held up and delayed most ex-
asperatingly, but that is over with now. Books will be on their way to
purchasers before this answer appears in print.
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Handbook Brings the Money.
Mr. Al C. Stewart, formerly of Akron, •Colo., has removed to Pendle-
ton, Ore. He encloses $2.50 for the new book and says:
I am always going to keep the old handbook as a souvenir. I am
not trying to throw bouquets when I say the knowledge I acquired
from that book has brought me in hundreds of dollars in box
office receipts.
We are glad to know the old book proved of such value to you. Brother
Stewart. We trust the new one will prove of far greater worth.
What is Wrong?
Moundsville, W. Va., is having trouble as follows:
The backgrounds of my pictures are out of focus, while the
scenery that is taken at close range stands out sharp and clear.
Have carefully examined machines, and aperture plates, etc., are
in perfect order; also have good tension. We have an aluminum
screen. Do you think this could be the trouble? Picture is 12
feet; throw, 40 feet; iio-volt, 6o-cycle current. Light is fine and
steady. Machine is an Edison Exhibition Model, old enough to
vote, but a crack-a-jack just the same. Also have a Motiograph
1912 Model, with a three-wing shutter, which flickers a little, but
not much. Am using a 36-degree shutter. Would you recommend
a 42-degree one for my throw, or a two-winger? I run on 12 to
15 minute time, though the manager wants it faster. Would you
advise me to run faster than this? My pictures are almost rock-
steady, except when I get an old film, which happens, however,
very often. If Kansas City only cuts out nine patches he can con-
sider himself lucky. I not only get bad patches, but other, and
worse, faults in the film.
It occasionally happens, Moundsville, that the foreground of a picture
will be sharp and the background somewhat blurred. However, as I under-
stand it. this is the case with all your pictures. Inasmuch as the fore-
ground is sharp, I see no reason why the background should not be sharp
also, except that the fault lies in the film itself. Still, many exhibitors
declare that aluminum screens make the backgrounds hazy. This occurs
mostly on home-made screens which are roughly coated. If any of our
readers can offer suggestions, will be glad to hear from them. I would
not advise a two-wing shutter, unless you exceed 65 revolutions of the
crank per minute. You most certainly do not mean to tell me you get
more flicker with a Motiograph three-wing shutter than you would with
the old style Edison Exhibition Model two-wing shutter. ScatI Get outi
Nothing doing! As to the 36-degree and 42-degree shutter, I am not
accustomed to figuring shutters that way. You want the wide blade just
wide enough to cover the movement of the film, without travel ghost, and
no more.
Size of Picture.
Wisconsin encloses money for handbook, and writes:
I hope I will receive the book soon, as I find your -rk to be
very interesting. I am starting a new moving picture show here
and am a little puzzled as to what size picture to project. My room
is 14 feet high and 26 feet wide. I figured about a g x 12 foot
picture would be O. K. This would leave the bottom of the picture
about five feet from the floor. Do you think it is large enough?
A 12-foot picture would be as large as you could project in that kind of
a room without having the heads of the audience interfering in the light,
particularly those near the front. It might better be a little smaller even
than that, if anything; say 11 feel wide, locatmg your machine as high as
you can. On the whole, I think 12 feet will prove quite satisfactory.
A Suggestion.
Pittsfield, 111., writes:
Enclosed find money order for $2.50 lor the new Handbook. I
would like to suggest that you use a cover of a different color on
The Moving Picture World number containing the general index. It
would make it much easier and quicker to find the stories and
release dates. Did you ever try making the lower loop after the
cam pin has left the star and is half way up? I believe it makes
a more uniform loop. Why so many patches without scraping off
the emulsion? Do you believe an operator would make them that
way? The operator is the man who makes the audience laugh, cry
or feel disgusted, and, rather than the latter, the manager should
assist him as much as possible. I believe some managers get the
idea that the operator asks for repairs not because he needs them,
but because he wants to be important.
The cover of a magazine has a distinct value, Pittsfield, on news stands;
therefore it would be highly inadvisable to adopt your suggestion, though
from your point of view that scheme would be all right. You should have
bound volumes, with index at the end. Better send your copies to the book-
bitider. I never make a loop any other way than when the intermittent is
locked. I certainly would not make it when the pin was in the star — hence
the movement unlocked, for the intermittent sprocket would then move as
you pulled up on the film to stretch it across the aperture. Patches made
without scraping off the emulsion are probably samples of "Jimmy, the
Usher's" work. Certainly a manager who is a manager will place no
obstacles in the way of his operator doing the best possible work. He will
also understand that no high speed machine will run forever without
repairs, and he will know that it does not pay to use a part until there
is nothing left of it. The competent, wise and up-to-date manager will
not only supply plenty of repairs, but will insist on the projection machine
being kept in the very best possible condition. He will not want to save
a, dollar in repairs, and in the operation lose ten in the box office receipts.
Good Guess.
Brooklyn, N. Y., contributes the following excellent guess in regard to
my recent article dealing with projection in a house near the Atlantic
Avenue "L" station in Brooklyn. When work is so raw and absolutely
rotten that, out of half a dozen houses in that locality, a reader can
instantly select the one I have reference to, the house ought, for the good
of the business, to be named. Brooklyn writes.
Read your article in December issue as regards raw work in
a beautiful-front theater near Atlantic Avenue station. If I am
not mistaken I believe the name of the theater is the "Oxford."
Why, flicker is no name for it! If there is a worse case in Brook-
lyn I have been unable to find it. It seems the manager is unwill-
ing to expend money for up-to-date equipment, and as to the
operators going to sleep, I was talking to them, and they do not
care as long as you can see a part of the picture. There are two
men on the job, and both receive the enormous sum of $18 per
week. This house is controlled by Mr. J. J. Maloney of the Keith
circuit. Isn't it too bad that a man of Mr. Maloney's experience
and knowledge is willing to stand for such work as this? Is it a
matter of unwillingness to pay decent salaries and expend money
in the operating room, or what is the cause of such miserable
projection in this beautiful little theater?
You surely do not mean that the salary of both operators combined is
only $18. A street sweeper gets a great deal more than that. I do not
know what the cause of the utterly miserable projection in the Oxford
may be, but this I do know; Either it ought, for the good of the business,
to be improved, or the Oxford Theater ought to be put out of business
entirely.
Yes.
Nebraska writes that he has just purchased a theater which is considered
the best picture house in the state. He then continues:
But still we have our troubles, even here. We are using 220
volts, d. c, through a rheostat. Not being posted on electricity,
want to ask you what I am losing. Would a device for saving
current be any material advantage, provided tt was one of the real
"honest-to-gosh" current savers? Enclosed herewith is a check for
the new book.
Yes, neighbor, an "honest-to-gosh" current saver would be a decided
advantage on 220- volt current. To figure your loss through a rheostat:
First subtract 48 from 220, and then multiply that result by the number
of amperes you are using; the product will be the number of watts of
energy wasted in the rheostat.
Power's Five, Three-Wing Shutter.
Brother Dittman, of the Dittman Theater, Brownsville, Tex., sends in ft
circular of the Buckeye Machine Company, Zanesville, Ohio, which com-
pany has installed a satisfactory three-wing shutter on his Power's "Five"
machine. It seems that the Buckeye Company makes a specialty of install-
ing three-wing shutters on Power's "Five" and Edison Exhibition Model
machines. Their charge, however, is $25, and they only pay the express
one way. This seems to me to be a pretty stiff sum for the installation of
A three-wing shutter on an old style machine, which would probably require
other repairs and remodeling, bringing the total cost up to possibly half
the price of a new, up-to-date mechanism. We are obliged to friend Ditt-
man for contribu'.ing this information, in response to a query made recently
through the department.
From Canada.
Banff, Canada, sends in the following:
I noticed an invitation to Canadian operators and managers to
contribute to the department. These few lines are to thank you for
the help I get through the M. P. W., especially its Projection
Department. I am working in that part of Canada which stands
on end, and get my films from Winnipeg, 800 miles away. We
change every day, and are trying our best to run a clean show.
I can heartily sympathize with Bartlesville, Okla., with regard to
condition of films; but "New Skin" is better than pins or shingle
nails. I have several times come across film breaks "mended" with
common pins. Have tried the glass port stunt and find it to be
O. K. Was not so much stuck on the carbon soaking business,
though perhaps it was my fault that I did not get better results.
I have received so many useful hints from the Projection Depart-
ment that I feel worried that I cannot repay you for them all.
However, here is one thing I have found to be very useful: To
make announcement slides, etc., in a hurry, use a negative pencil
and write on a clean glass slide. Sign writers use these pencils.
They are sometimes called soap pencils. They do not cost much,
and the writing does not rub off easily. That story sent by
Wichita, Kan., about the operator (?) and his fan is the best yet.
Many thanks to Milwaukee for his threaded-in-frame hint. If you
ever happen to be in the wonderland of Canada, look up the
"Harmony" at Banff, Alberta, where you will receive a genuine
highland welcome.
To the uninitiated brethren of the Eastern flatland let me say that
"stands on end" means the side of a mountain. I had not heard that
expression for many years, and it brought back old times, when I myself
lived in the country where half "stands on end" and the other half is
pretty steep. You need not feel worried about your inability to reciprocate,
Banff. We are only too glad that you have received benefit. The greatest
pleasure the editor has is to know that he is, through the medium of the
Projection Department and his books, helping others, and not only improv-
ing projection in the thousands of theaters in this and other countries, but
also making life a little easier and pleasanter for the boys who twist the
cranks. I would be only too glad to enjoy the highland welcome, brother,
but it is a long hike from New York to the Rocky Mountains of Canada,
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From Alaska.
Haines, Alaska, encloses $3 for a year's subscription, and writes;
Through the courtesy of the Seattle Stage & Lighting Company,
I have just received the October 5th issue of The Moving Picture
World, which I find to be a most interesting and instructive pub-
lication. Am only sorry I did not know of its existence before.
I have much to learn about projection. I am at present operating
my own light plant, consisting of a 4 h: p. gas engine, pulling a
3^ k. w., d. c. dynamo. When I am projecting I use the arc
and two 16 c. p. lamps. Get a good light, but am bothered with
a dark spot in the center of the picture. Use cored carbons
top and bottom. Before striking the arc the line voltage is 110,
but the arc pulls this down to 80 or 90 volts. My condensers are
both 6^2, and my objective is 23^-inch focus, with a 40-foot throw.
Don't know what my arc amperage is, or how to regulate that
part of it. I am installing a 7J/3 k. w., d. c. generator at another
place, to be operated by an 8 h. p. gas engine. I want to install
enough incandescent lamps to offset the load of the arc, so that
when I start the gas engine and go to the operating room I can
switch from the incandescents to the arc without changing the
load on either dynamo or engine. By this arrangement I save a
lot in the purchase price, as I will not need a governor on the
engine, and can also dispense with a voltmeter and ammeter.
Enclosed find postage for return of above information. Will I be
able to carry the current from a 754 k. w. dynamo located half a
mile from the theater and have enough current?
Replies by mail are only sent where a minimum fee of $1 is enclosed;
otherwise I would have from fifty to a hundred letters to answer every
day. Presumably when you say "I use the arc and two 16 c. p. lamps"
you mean you use the arc for projection and burn two 16 c. p. lamps
somewhere in the auditorium or ticket office. Instead of two cored car-
bons you should use a five-eighth cored carbon above, and a half inch
solid below, but the solid carbon should be a projection carbon, ana not
the kind the street lighting companies use, as that kind is too hard. The
spot in your curtain may be due to: (a) Use of five-eighths carbon below;
(b) Lamp not set at proper angle, (c) Condenser too close to aperture;
■love the lamphouse back. You should by all means have an ammeter,
and I would advise you to purchase one. The lowering of the voltage
when you strike the arc may be due to: (a) Engine in bad condition
and not able to pull the load. This would be indicated by the engine
■lacking its speed when the load is thrown on. If this takes place I think
you need look no further for that particular trouble. (b) Not enough
resistance in series with the arc, thus running your generator above its
capacity, (c) Wires too small. They should be No. 6, B. & S. The fact
that the voltage drops that much indicates something radically wrong. You
regulate the number of amperes at the arc by increasing or decreasing the
resistance. For a more complete explanation of this I would refer you to
pages 107 to 126, inclusive, of the new handbook, which I would by all
means advise you to get immediately, A iull explanation would be
entirely too long to publish in the department. You are in error in sup-
posing you can dispense with a voltmeter and ammeter and a governor on
the engine by the plan you propose. You cannot do this, I think, and
■ecure satisfactory results, one reason being that the resistance of a pro-
jection arc is a very, very variable quantity, and you cannot prevent its
being so. You could, of course, dispense with the voltmeter and ammeter,
but I would not advise you to do it. The plan of switching from the
arc to incandescents consuming an equal amperage would be all right, pro-
Tided the generator be located near the theater. It would not be a
practical thing to do this and locate the generator a half mile away. You
can locate your generator half a mile away by running two separate cir-
cuits— one for the arc and one for the incandescents. By this plan you
would need no rheostat, since by using the right size copper wire the line
resistance will be such as to equal the action of a rheostat, and your voltage
will be at the right pressure (about 48) when it reaches the arc. The
fitting is as follows: Amperes multiplied by number of feet of wire in
both legs of the circuit, multiplied by the constant 10.8, and that result
divided by the percentage of drop in voltage you want. In this case you
will want about 48 volts at the arc, or let us say 50. This gives you a
drop of 60 volts from the dynamo pressure of 110, which is 54 per cent
©f 1 10; therefore you want a 54 per cent. drop. Now, 54 per cent, of
no is 59 (I am disregarding fractions). We therefore have the problem:
5.280X35X10.8=1,995,840-^59, which gives us as a result 33,827, and
this is the circular mills the wire must contain to have 5,280 feet of it cause
a drop of practically 60 volts. Looking in the wire table, we find that a
No. 5 wire has 33.100 circular mills, whereas a No. 4 has 41,740. We
Blight, therefore, better install the No. 4 wire for the projection circuit, and
add a little resistance; that is to say, a coil or two of resistance wire; though
the No. 5 being in the open air with plenty of radiating surface, would
doubtless do the work all right, except it might cause a little too much drop
of voltage, thus reducing the amperage below 35. This takes care of the
projection circuit, but the incandescent line is something else again. You
bave not said how many incandescent lamps you purpose to burn, but assum-
ing the total incandescent consumption to be 10 amperes, I think you would
ftnd that 70 volt lamps would burn all right at the end of a circuit of No. 8
wire, one-half mile long; but in a proposition of this kind you would have
to use all the lamps together, or else introduce resistance in the line suf-
ficient to consume the energy of any lamps you might switch off; otherwise
the voltage would instantly rise and burn the remaining lamps above candle
power. Now, Alaska, I am not going to guarantee this incandescent infor-
mation, but it is taken from the best authorities in such matters that I can
4nd, and I think it will prove to be correct. However, you can have it
verified by whomsoever you buy your electrical supplies from. You could,
•f course, burn the incandescents on the arc light circuit, when that was
■ot in use, but you could not burn them on that line when it was in use
handling the projection arc; therefore you would practically be compelled to
run two separate circuits. Taking all this into consideration, I would not
consider it at all advisable to locate your generator half a mile from the
theater unless the reasons therefor are very strong indeed. If it Is a mat-
ter of gas supply, vou might better pipe the gas one-half mile.
Flicker.
Illinois writes:
Have a Power's Six machine and a gold fibre screen. Current
is d. c; the throw about 55 feet. I suppose the voltage is about
50. Use ^ cored carbon above and ^ solid below. We have too
much flicker. It shows more on some pictures than on others. I
would like to know if there is something wrong with our equip-
ment, or do cameras make a flicker in the taking?
Your knowledge, brother, is very weak indeed. You say you have the
new handbook ordered, and I would advise you by all means to study it
thoroughly. You should use half-inch solid carbons below, but they must
be projection carbons; not the kind which are used by street-lighting com-
panies. They are too hard. If your machine has a two-wing shutter, you
should send to the Nicholas Power Co. and get a three-wing, which will
eliminate your trouble. The flicker shows less on dark, dense pictures
than on the lighter ones. If you have a three-wing shutter, then the flicker
is because you are running your machine too slowly. With a metallic sur-
face screen you should not bring the speed down much below 50 if you
are using heavy amperage, and on the light films I would not reduce very
much below 60, unless it is absolutely necessary to bring out the best action
of the film. The question also arises as to whether what you have is flicker
or not. Flicker is a flicker of the light on the screen. Travel ghost is
flashes of light up or down from white objects in the picture, or from
letters in the titles. Power's three-wing shutter gives practically no flicker
at all when the machine is run at a normal speed of 60. Any machine, if
run slow enough, will produce flicker. Flicker is caused by: (a) Interrup-
tiens of light being too far apart, (b) Interruptions of light being of un-
e€|ual duration.
Large Claim.
Frem a certain city in New York state comes a letter claiming that an
operator has been experimenting along certain lines which, if true, may
prove to be a very, very big thing indeed. He claims to have discovered a
very simple device, which doesn't absorb any of the light or affect the
illumination in any way, but which is simple and costs very little, and
which enables him to hold the full light from a 25-ampere arc on an
•rdinary inflammable film for several minutes without injuring it in the
least. An English inventor is already accomplishing this by means of an
air-blast blowing through the light ray. Possibly New York is working
along the same lines. If so I fear he will be too late, as the Englishman
has, I am told, already applied for U. S. patents.
Sand Papered Condensers.
Torrington, Conn., orders a Handbook and contributes the following:
I get much good from the Department and will offer my remedy
for condenser breakage, when using the round metal mounts. Be-
fore putting in a new lens take a sheet of either No. 0 or No. i
sandpaper and sandpaper the edge of the lens all around, until
tkere is quite a little play when it is placed in the mount. I am
using 55 amperes a.c, and before doing this broke many lenses
and this put a stop to the breakage. It will take from three-quar-
ters to an hour to sandpaper a lens, but it is worth while.
Quite right, brother, but a coarse grind stone will do the job in a few
minutes and do it just as well.
Lamphouse Ventilation.
Texarkana, Tex., writes:
Enclosed find sketch of new -evice I have on my lamphouse. I
find it improves the light a great deal. I have a Power's Six and
a Standard No. 4, both of them equipped thus. By this plan, the
fumes from the arc escape from the lamphouse, which doesn't get
nearly so hot. In one of the theaters can switcu from a.c. to d.c.
through a Mercury Arc Rectifier, and in the other from a.c. to
d.c. supplied by a Wagner generator, using double throw switches
for this purpose. Mr. Rich, of the General Film Co., Dallas, Tex.,
paid us a visit recently and remarked that we were producing the
best picture he had seen in quite a while.
The attachment consists in cutting a hole m the top of the lamphouse
and inserting a short pipe 2% inches in diameter. This scheme was de-
scribed and recommended in the Department long ago. It was illustrated
ky a photograph at that time. The plan is excellent, but would not pass an
inspector unless the pipe was carried to the open air, or up into a vent flue.
The Brother has also added a very clever device, of his own invention, so
that the top carbon arm may be tilted up or down by means of a wheel
•utside the lamphouse. His sketch shows his lamp setting vertically with
both carbons angled outward — the old jack knife set. I would advise him to
discard this at once in favor of the regular d.c. set, which is best for both
a.c. and d.c. He will find this subject treated exhaustively in the new
Hand-book, pages 202 to 210, inclusive.
Correct.
Our friend W. S. Turnpaugh, Fort Worth, Tex., contributes the following:
The old saying, "All things come to those who wait," came true
when, in the November issue, a friend in Dallas asked about the
action of intermittent movements and you replied. I have for two
or three years past picked my machine with an eye always on the
intermittent movement; first as to its construction for speed in the
movement, and ne.xt for its mechanical strength and durability,
I have had numerous bets with other operators, electricians, etc.,
each of whom had a machine to which he was partial, and each of
them seemed either not to know or realize the importance of fast
Geneva movements. All of them ignored the percentage of light
lost with a slow movement, and all the talking and argument I
could resort to was of little use. But when I saw your reply I
was pleased to know that some of them would get bumped into a
new line of thought. I have had arguments galore concerning the
Mottograph machine, and now I want to ask a question. I have an
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opinion of my own, which I am positive is correct. A Fort Worth
operator, who said he worked in or about the Motiograph factory,
claims that their conical shutter cuts off less light than any mad^.
I tried *o get him to explain matters, and found he had a fair
idea of the vital points of the projector, but would not back his
opinion with cash. I told him the percentage of light cut off by
the shutter was controlled entirely by the relative speed of the
Geneva in placing and replacing the picture to be shown, and
that the shutter would have to be wide enough to cover all move-
ment of the film, no matter whether it was a double conical shutter
or not; this being modified by the fact that there would be less
light cut off the picture by the use of a two-wing shutter than
with a three-wing shuttLr, with any Geneva movement made, and
that the form of the shutter — that is, whether double conical or
not — was not at all vital. Am I or am I not correct? Now, I
hope the Motiograph manufacturers will not feel offended when
this is published, for I am anxious to have discussion through the
department on this particular subject. I would like a description
of the motor speed controller being marketed by the Nicholas
Power Company, as I have more or less trouble with such appa-
ratus myself. If you care to use my name in replying to my
letters, do so, for I realize that if more operators would allow
the use * of their names it would be of mutual benefit both to
them and the department.
I do not think the Motiograph people will be offended at what is here
published. There is no reason why they should be. In the matter of the
double conical shutter you are partly right and partly wrong. In the first
place, the "conical" part of it has nothing whatever to do with the matter.
That is merely a shape given the shutter to allow of its being placed
inside the machine. The double shutter, which acts .ike a pair of scissors,
does cut off less light than the single revolving shutter, simply because it
closes the aperture both ways — hence closes it quicker. This gain theoretically
amounts to the time it would take a revolving shutter to pass from one
side of the aperture to the other, because the gain is both in opening and
closing, but from this gain must be subtracted a slight lap that these blades
must have; hence the total gain might possibly be figured at about three-
eighths of an inch as against the ordinary revolving shutter. I have
never figured this out accurately, but it reasons out that way. There is,
however, another equation which enters, viz.: There is more lost motion
in two shutters than there would be in one, and this would probably
operate to still further reduce the gain to some extent. The necessary
percentage of light cut is governed by two factors, viz.: The speed of inter-
mittent movement and the elimination of flicker. In order to bring
the flicker down to its minimum it has been thoroughly demonstrated that
the interruptions of light must come at a certain minimum interval of
time apart, and must be of approximately equal duration. The normal
speed of a projection machine is 60 revolutions of the crank per minute.
This means that the shutter will revolve 16 times each second, and that
with a two-wing shutter the light will therefore he interrupted 32 times
per second. This is not sufficient to eliminate all the flicker, particularly
in these days of glass and metallic screens and high amperage. If a third
wing be added to the shutter, then the interruptions of light when running
at normal speed come at the rate of 48 per second, instead of 32, which
goes a long way toward decreasing the objectionable flicker. And now
comes the crucial point with a three-wing shutter. The more nearly the
interruptions be made of equal duration, the less tendency there will be
for the human eye to catch any breaking effect in the light. Now, with the
slow intermittent movement the main wing of the shutter must be com-
paratively wide; therefore, using three wings, the blades and the openings
cannot be of equal width. To get the best effect the speed of the inter-
mittent movement must be increased up to the point where the three wings
are of practically equal width, and each of practically the same width as
the three light openings. You are perfectly right in saying that the
operator should pay very close attention to the speed of his intermittent
movement. It is a vital point in projection, and one which I believe has
been given altogether too little attention in the past, both by most machine
manufacturers and by exhibitors and operators.
Silent Players,
From Madison, N. Y., comes a letter from Brother J. R. Van. His
letterhead reads, "John R. Van's Silent Players," and that name took
hold upon me instantly. If I had a theater I would change its name right
now to "Theater of the Silent Players." Good name that, let me tell you.
"Van's Silent Players," "Keith's Silent Players," "Orpheum Silent Players
Theater." Mighty expressive. Tells the whole story. Satisfies one's
imagination and is, in my humble opinion, about 5,000 per cent, better
than "Photoplay." Brother Van writes as follows:
In December 7th issue quite a little is said about gas outfits.
I am at present using a Togo gas outfit on the road, made by the
Enterprise Company, and like it fully as well as any other. It is
easy to handle and carry. Mr. Krass gave some very valuable
pointers, but I think I have a few he left out. I project a lo-foot
picture at 35 feet, and it is A. No. i. Have a i2x 14 curtain,
and outline the 8 x 10 picture with a two-foot-wide border of black
cloth, which I pin on. This puts the picture in a frame and, to my
way of thinking, makes it one-third better. I always use i^-inch
limes and a 1/30 bore jet. I take care of my outfit and use only
the very best ether obtainable. I run six reels a night, and use
nine cakes of oxzone, though I get off sometimes with eight. I am
doing a fine business, especially in gas towns,- making week stands.
I am all alone and play most towns on percentage. As I run only
one show a night I can either sell or take tickets until I get
ready to begin. I carry a set of piano music for moving pictures,
and have it marked for each of my reels. I never have any
trouble in getting a pianist. My films are all in fine condition,
and I do not have a break once a month. This letter may not '
be interesting enough to publish, but I wanted to show that an
A No. I traveling show will do business, as I have played for
over a year here in Central and Northern New York. If any
traveling exhibitor in Pennsylvania can give me some good towns
I will ao the same for him| here in New York state. Do you
know of any reliable film renovating company in New York City?
The Parisian Co., of Chicago, 111., have been doing my work, but
they are a good way off. "The Death of Michael Grady," Vita-
graph; "Fall of Troy," Itala; "Deserter," loi-Bison, and the old
Pathe "Dieppe Circuit Auto Race" are always run at least twice
in each town by request.
Your scheme of outlining the picture with black cloth should be adopted
by every gas man, since it serves to very materially improve the picture.
As to film renovating, write the New York Film Company, 145 West
Forty-fifth Street, New York. They used to do that work, and perhaps
do it yet. Undoubtedly a rightly managed traveling show can make money,
but I imagine it is pretty hard sledding at that, Brother Van. Glad ta
hear from you at any time the spirit moves. You spoke of some particular
kind of piano music, but I could not decipher the name. For renovating
films, write also to Hochstetter Utility . Co., 46 E. 12th St., New York.
And There You Arel
Kansas emits the following wail:
I wish you would advise me what to do. I am a member of
the I. B. E. W., operator and wireman. The man I was working
for sold out, went to a larger city and bought a show. He later
wrote me that I could have a place with him, but there is an
operators' union there affiliated with the I. A. T. S. E. Could I
go there and work under my card at our scale, which is the same,
or would I have to drop the operator card in the I. B. E. W. and
take out one of theirs? I have been operating three and a half
years and have a clean record.
Now, here is an unfortunate case. This operator is affiliated with the
I. B. E. \V., and has probably made the affiliation in good faith, but the
operators generally, aside from some few isolated instances, are affiliated
with the I. A. T. S. E. Between these two organizations there is no
exchange of cards and, I am sorry to say, no overly surplus of brotherly
feeling. There is only one thing you can do, Kansas, and that is to join
the operators' union in the city to which you propose to go. In joining
this union your I. B. E. W. card will be of no value whatever to you —
that is to say, you will have to join just the same as though you did not
now belong to any organization at all. Presumably you are a lineman.
As such you are properly affiliated with the I. B. E. W. The whole
trouble lies in the fact that both the I. A. T. S. E. and the I. B. E. W.
are affiliated with the A. F. of L., which latter organization has given
jurisdiction over the operators to the I. A. T. S. E., yet it allows the I. B,
E. W, to issue operators' cards and to charter locals of moving picture
operators, thus creating a situation which works injustice in many instance*
to individual operators who join the I. B. E. W. in good faith, not know-
ing that the great body of operators is afl^Hated with the I. A. T. S. E.^-
and that their I. B. E. W. operator's card will not be recognized by that
body.
Wichita Replies.
Mr. William Barrie, manager Marple Theater Company, Wichita, Kan.»
writes:
In November 25th issue there appears an article headed, "A
Devoted Admirer." In answer to. same wish to state our side of
this case. In the first place the writer is not a competent
operator, but a "Mr. Fix It." That is to say, he spends about
three hours a day trying to tear down a machine and put it back
again. This same boy worked at the Novelty Theater in this city
some time ago. Pursuing his usual custom, he proceeded to tear
their Edison machine apart, presumably to see what was inside, the
result being he never even said good-bye, but went and told
another 'man to come and take the job. At another house, where
they had two Power's "Six" machines, he started to dismember,
with result that it cost over a hundred dollars to get parts to
replace those he took off and "jimmied" so they would not fit.
Then came the climax. He set a film on fire — ne says from an
incandescent light. Well, if that was the case, he must have left
it there just on purpose, to see what would happen, for that is his
way of doing things. As regards managers working the people
overtime, I am sure the hours in this city are but about three-
quarters as long as in any other city of this size. This man,
however, did work for 15 hours a day, but most of the time was
spent in trying to fix the machines, both of which were new last
June.
Before publishing this letter I wrote to responsible parties in Wichita,
and received the following reply:
Replying to yours of the 3rd instant, in regard to an operator
named , in this city, will say that the party is a young
operator — only a boy, in fact. He thinks, however, he knows the
whole Dusiness, but isn't able to hold a job more than three or
four weeks at a time. He is not considered a competent operator,
I publish this in justice to the Marple Theater and to Wichita in general;
also as a warning that this department cannot be used to vent personal
spite. Usually I can spot the letter in which such a thing is attempted,
but once in a great while one gets by me. I do not publish the nauj^ -if
the party because he is young — in fact, only a boy — and I have not any
surplus of sympathy for managers who employ boys in their operating
rooms. I am a firm believer in the employment not only of men of brains,
but men of somewhat mature years in operating rooms. At least, they
should not be those who can, by any stretch of the imagination, be
classed as boys.
Optigraph Machine.
Portland, Ore., asks for information concerning the operation of the
Optigraph. Sorry, Portland, but I cannot help you in this matter. I have
not seen an Optigraph in years, and do not remember very much about it.
It is out-of-date and, so far as I know, is no longer manufactured.
so
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Comments on the Films
Licensed
"AN OLD APPOINTMENT" (Edison), December 18.— The first two or
three scenes of this picture are delightful in their showing of a few human
types.. The millionaire in his office has received a torn postal card. This
recalls to him that he and an old friend of his, had, thirty years ago,
agreed to meet on their seventieth birthday. The later scenes were made
merely to show some curious nooks and crannies of London; they're in-
teresting; but the beginning of the picture made us expect something
more substantial. Harry Furniss wrote it and Mark MacDermott with
John La Fre play the two old men. The meeting of these two cronies
is a fine illustration, but it is not a picture of action.
"SAMMY ORPHEUS" (Selig), December 19.— A picture likely to be
popular because of its novelty, but as a story rather than as a comedy.
The humor doesn't seem quite spontaneous. There Js a mighty good idea
in it. Sammy can play on the pipe like a very Orpheus; every one who
hears must dance. That's the difficulty; no one can work while he's
around and he is always in trouble. At length he lands on a South
Sea island where they like his music too well, so he escapes to the jungle
and finds a congenial spirit in an elephant, who carries him around and,
in hours of relaxation, dances to his tunes. The subject was hardly one
to be treated as a fantastic yarn such as a sailor would tell. It is at
heart poetic and has an atmosphere inimical to such scenes as that in
which the fat, darky chicftainess makes love to Sammy. It would have
been better if all of it had been a little coarse or all had been poetical;
with two aims, it doesn't hit anyone very hard. Thomas Santschi plays
the lead. Bessy Eyton, appearing for a moment, does the best work in it.
Besides these, there are in the cast, Eugenie Besserer, Lillian Hayward,
George Hernandes (the cannibal queen), and Bunny Feeham. That restau-
rant scene is very well handled. Lanier Bartell wrote the scenario, which
Colin Campbell produced.
"GLIMPSES OF MONTANA" (Pathe). December 19.— All of this
series made by Pathe under the sub-caption, "Seeing America First," that
* we have noticed, have been really meritorious and the audiences seem to
like them. Agriculture and mining are Montana's most interesting activi-
ties. Some fine glimpses of both are included in this picture. Grand
natural scenery fills about a third of it. We should like to have seen
something of the everyday life of the average Montanian, a farm house
or two or perhaps a street in a small village.
"SIDI HADGI MOURSOUCK" (Pathe), December 19.— On the same
reel is this acrobatic picture. Two men and 3 woman show strength and
agility.
"THE MAYOR'S CRUSADE" (Kalem), December 18.— A picture that
will be popular, chiefly because of the novelty in the mayor's getting a job
in disguise at Dale's sweatshop in order to see for himself how the poor
are being ground down. This kind of situation has been liked since the
time of great Haroun al Raschid, who used to "gum-shoe" around Bagdad.
Yet it would have been much more convincing in a story of modern life,
if the powerful benefactor had been someone -not in office. The heroine
is always the leading character in such a story. Pretty Francelia Billing-
ton is very acceptable in the role. The mayor is pictured by William H.
West, who knows how to act such a part well. Carlyle Blackwell is the hero,
the mayor's son. Paul Hurst is Dale, a conventional miser character.
Jane Wolfe has a minor part.
"THE SHERIFF'S LUCK" (Essanay), December 19.— Among other
things, the camera man or the producer of these Western Essanays, has
got the choosing of outdoor backgrounds down to the point of art. A bit
of road with a curve so that one doesn't see too much of it, a picturesque
slope behind, so that it's kept near us and in the foreground, a couple of
trees with peculiar markings, so that our eyes, looking between them, are
naturally focused to the point of greatest interest; this is truly a picture.
It is presently filled with action by the posse galloping through and filled
also with dust. The usual^ bad man hasn't very much to do with this
story; the sheriff chases liim out of it in the first act. On the way
back from the state line the sheriff is able to help a widow whose horse
has run away and wins a bride. Arthur and Julia Mackley play the leads
and give us an amusing sweet scene for a final.
"WHO STOLE BUNNY'S UMBRELLA?" (Vitagraph), December 18—
We can't tell exactly, but it looks as though that umbrella cost Bunny about
$10,000. He preferred to lose half that amount, so he told the cop, rather
than the umbrella; but is was a mistake in judgment to accuse George
Ober of taking it. This little error cost him two fines, a bunch of money
that his detective bamboozled him of, as well as taxi fare, etc., and as a
final, he is sued for false arrest. The author, J. Walsh, has furnished
Bunny with a fine vehicle and, made under the direction of Frederick
Thompson, it is an excellent offering.
"AT THE DOG SHOW" (Vitagraph). December 18.— On the same
reel is a picture for all who like dogs, and this is nearly everyone. It
was taken down at Mineola. L. L, N. Y., and is as clear as need be.
"THE LAST PERFORMANCE" (Pathe), December 20.— A very care-
fully prepared picture; it shows the skill of its producer in its cumulative
interest, which reaches breathless suspense at the climax and also in the
simplicity and naturalness of its scenes. Much of its charm comes from
the personal grace and good acting of its leading lady equestrienne in a big
circus. The story won't bear a too close inspection; but its shortcomings
have been covered and it seems plausible. A count falls in love with the
circus girl, his father won't consent to a marriage, so the young man joins
the circus as a horseman. As such, he becomes the rival of the girl. She
is jealous of his success and also of another girl and drugs his horse
so that he is killed. We dare predict that it will be a big success every-
where; it was liked by the audience with which we saw it.
"THE DIVORCEE" (Biograph), December 19. — It is surejy funny — al-
most as funny as "The Taming of the Shrew," which it resembles. The
author, also the producer and the players deserve much credit.
"PAPERING THE DEN" (Biograph). December ig.— This isn't nearly
so good as the first on the reel, but it is a very fair offering and the au-
dience found it laughable. The idea is good, but not new, save in the
way it is worked up — it is a better version than any other of it we have
seen. If it had been acted with more of that indefinable sense of fun
it would have been still better. In a farce, sincerity isn't desirable in the
players, the thing that is wanted is more in the line of mock earnestness.
There is some in this, but not enough.
"A, WOODLAND CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA" (Melies), Decem-
ber 19. — A pretty story, not real at all; but with something of holiday
spirit that pleases. There are three children in it and their parents have
a Delft stove. This is sold at Christmas time and the money comes in to
make a more comfortable holiday; it also wins new friends for them and
their parents.
"THE FIRST SETTLER'S STORY" (Edison), December 20.— The au-
thor of this story. Will Carlton, has just passed away and the picture
as illustrating one of his well known poems is surely -acceptable. The
poem is not so good as his "Betsy and I are Out," which has also been il-
lustrated in motion pictures; but it is very interesting and makes a fine
offering. The Edison people have been fortunate; they had a real forest
fire to play it against and have succeeded in making it convincing. James
Gordon, as the white-haired settler, tells the story and he with Laura
Sawyer, in the log cabin and in the burning woods around it, act the
narrative as it is told to a few people on a piazza.
"PULQUE FETE AND THE OPERA TROUPE" (Kalem), December
20. — John E. Brennan and Ruth Roland, as cowboy and chorus girl, enter-
tain us in a farce that doesn't limp. Pulque discovers the truth that a
crown makes a head lie uneasy. If one is full of stage fright, if one is
a cowboy and is wearing the crown in his home community, the head will
more than probably be made uneasy. Pulque's pride goes before a fall
of eggs and cabbages. If the picture's promise is better than the thing it-
self, as we see it, at least the thing itself is very laughable, and the
offering is surely commendable.
"RUSH HOURS IN NEW YORK" (Kalem), December 20.— Some in-
teresting glimpses of city crowds. Perhaps your picture is in it.
"WHEN JOEY WAS ON TIME". (Edison), December 18.— Arthur
Housman makes Joey a very amusing office boy. There is little in it that
isn't fresh, and, while he caricatures the part a bit, it is done with that in-
definable sense of comedy that makes laugh after laugh, especially at the
end when Joey has been rewarded for his heroism. William Betchel is
Joey's employer; Edna May Weick the employer's daughter whom Joey
saves frem falling timbers. He comes back to the oflSce looking as though
he had got in a fight and is fired. Gertrude Clark plays Joey's mother
and Elizabeth Miller the girl's mother. The author, Richard Ridgley, de-
serves credit for having given the leading player a good chance. It is
a well conducted, well acted offering.
"THE RECEIVING TELLER" (Pathe), December 18.— Any story may
have been used several times and still there will be many spectators who
will see it freshly. It may be so with this picture, which tells the story
of the bank clerk with a mortgage on his house, who is compelled to carry
home a large amount of money and who plays burglar in his own home.
He is, as always, shot by a wanderer of some sort who has been taken in
by the charitable wife and thinks he is protecting a helpless woman.
Octavia Handworth plays the wife with her usual skill and charming per-
sonality. Lrane Wilbur plays the bank teller.
"PICTURESQUE DALMATIA" (Eclipse), December ^ j8.— An eye-
opener in some respects, for most people think of Dalmatia as a rather
crude, out-of-the-way place. It seems to be a land of castles and of pic-
turesque ruins from Roman days and, in the country, looks like pictures
of Switzerland; a well photographed, good offering.
"THREE ROGUES OUTWITTED" (Eclipse), December 18.— On thf
same reel is this farce in which three men in dress suits chase thre<
rogues who have just cleaned up the jewels in a house. A three seated
bicycle is connected to an electric light wire and and the rogues try to
get away on it. There is a mix-up, like others we have seen. It made
the audience laugh.
"MADELEINE'S CHRISTMAS" (Lubin), December 17.— A story of
sentiment in which a little girl's mother, who has run away to go on the
stage and has had hard luck, comes back on Christmas Eve through the
great white flakes of snow. Madeleine thinks that she is Santa plans
and lets her in. It is not what one could call a strong picture; it is in-
deed almost mawkish. Guy D'Ennery plays the child's father; Ormi
Hawley. her mother, and the little girl is Henrietta Obeck. Mary Smith
and James Humphries have lesser parts. The author is H. A. D'Arcy.
"BUCK'S ROMANCE" (Seligj, December 17.— William Duncan, as au-
thor, leading man and producer of this picture has made a fresh laugh-
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able comedy. Buck's romance cjmes in a surprise package. He's a
married man and doesn't know that part of the stake he is racing with
an Indian for is a pretty squaw (Myrtle Stedman). He wins, and the
squaw now considers herself his lawful wife. The fun comes from her
determination to stay with her husband whether he wills or not. The
boys on Buck's ranch thoroughly enjoy the situation as does the audience.
Florence Dye plays Buck's wife; N'ester Cunio, the squaw's father; Rex
de Roselli, the ranch owner, Mrs. C. Sells, the rancher's wife. Buck rides
his famous horse. "Kid."
"A CRY FOR HELP" (Biograph), December 23. — This picture has a
dramatic climax that is fresh enough, but that reminds us of several other
Biograph offerings; it is a picture with a struggle between an unarmed
man, on one side of a door, and a madman with a pistol, on the other.
Its freshness comes from the trouble a tramp, whom he had befriended,
has in rescuing him. .\ policeman seeing this rough looking man climb-
ing in a window, hinders him and lengthens out the suspense in a probable,
convincing and semi-humorous way that is very entertaining. There are
three chief characters and, for more than half the film, these kept appear-
ing without any definite relationship. The situation might have been
stated more quickly.
"P.\THE'S WEEKLY NO. 52" (December 23).— No topical could be
anything but noteworthy that contained pictures of the Balkan war. Those
in this issue are good, though not quite so thrilling as the Lulie Burgos
battle scenes in last week's issue. The other items are as usual and very
interesting.
"HOME, SWEET HOME "■•■•'In), December 21.— .\ conventional pic-
ture with a story more like "Robinson Crusoe" than like the song from
which it takes its title. The acting is very fair, but the photography is
not so good as it might have been. We don't imply that one fails to
see enough in the views, but there is little art or beauty in them. With
few exceptions, the mechanical work in all the pictures seems to be falling
down of late. The tale is of three men, a father and his two sons, who
are cast away and remain on a desert island so long that the wife and
mother thinks them dead and sells the home. They come back just in
time to save it. An ordinary offering.
"A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE" (\'itagraph) December 23.—
The author of this narrative is not named. Seeing that there is one group
of scenes and one character only in it that is strongly conceived, we read
between the lines to this effect, that a scenario with a very trite situation
was submitted, but that it gave a chance for the addition and was rewritten
in the Vitagraph studio. We take pleasure in expressing our admiration
for the artis't who imagined the scenes that are good, so good that they
raise the whole offering to a high plan of desirability.
Looked at roughly, the picture tells the old story of a girl who loves
a worthy man; but who consents to wed the son of a creditor of her
father. The character of this good-for-nothing youth gives tone and
meaning to the whole situation, even lends an Ibsenesque touch to it.
He is a morphine fiend, even his father doesn't know how badly off he
is until immediately after the ceremony. There are in the opening a
few trite scenes and then comes a scene in which we begin to suspeot the
reason why the youth's father wants him to get married to any girl who
will be likely to make him brace up. He is playing a rather unpleasant
game for the sake of his boy. Following this scene, comes the wedding
ceremony at which the morphine fiend breaks down and hurriedly excuses
himself. The two fathers, in a very fine scene, find him in the next room
and discover the reason for the queer action. All this group of scenes
is far above the average. It is followed by a tritely pleasant ending.
Mr. James Young holds up the opium taker very well indeed. As finely
played, by George Ober and Tefft Johnson, arc the roles of the girl's
father and the boy's father. Edith Story does excellent work as the girl;
Rose Tapley as her mother, and James Morrison as her lover.
"WHILE SHE POWDERED HER NOSE" (Vitagraphl, December
23. — The central idea behind this picture is fresh and sufficiently dra-
matic; but, as a whole, the offering seems to lack distinction, notwith-
standing the fact that Florence Turner has the important role in it. Her
part doesn't give her much chance: it consists chiefly in showing the
effect on a sensitive mind of a piece of music, written by her father, now
dead, 'and overheard unexpectedly. She carries it by a tour de force, but
it could hardly be made concise or very definite. Lillian Walker plays
the role of a selfish but pretty girl. She has. not very cordially, invited
Florence, who needs her help in selling her father's music compositions,
to call. Meanwhile, the rich man, Courtney Foote, whom she wants to
marry, has sent up his card and, while she is prinking, he sits down at
the piano. Florence comes, is given a seat in the next room and over-
hears. The quickness with which the two fall in love and get married is,
though possible, not convincing. Tom Powers plays the girl's second fiddle.
Marie T. Jacobs is the author and Larry Trimble produced the pictuje.
"THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE" (C. G. P. C), December 24.— Many
stories such as this picture tells are designed to s'ir the sense -of mystery
that all normal people feel, even the sternest scientists, before that in-
scrutable sphinx, life. The means that it uses, a magic change in a mys-
terious stranger, a bundle of rags becoming a baby, poverty in the hut of
a charitable woman becoming affluence, are not meant to be seen literally
and to some must seem crude; yet there are very many who are deeply
moved by them. As Chesterton has just remarked, credulity among the
people is creative; the mind gropes back to reality even through such
means as these. The picture's story is simply and naturally acted and
makes a good offering.
"WHAT KATIE DID" (Edison), December 24.— Edna Hamel makes an
effective appeal in this picture as a poor little girl, a mother's helper,
whose natural kindliness is rewarded in^ the end. The story is carefully
made and has a fair measure of dramatic suspense; there is only one
place where, so it seems to us, it is weak. The treatment of the little girl
in the shop of the milliner where she is working after school as a messen-
ger seems conventional and more in the atmosphere of a select school than
of a shop; the poor seldom treat each other so meanly. Fellow^ workers
in the shop would probably have helped Edna, not wantonly caused her
expense; they would have known how it feels themselves. The author,
Charles M. Seay, deserves credit for a human story that makes good
entertainment. Kathleen Coughlin has the role of a younger girl whom
Edna finds lost and sees home. Bliss Milford plays Edna's mother;
William Bechtel, the doctor, and .Mice Washburn, the boss milliner.
'THE MOU.NTEBANK'S D.\UGHTER" (Lubin), December 23.— A pic-
ture not very different from "Polly of the Circus." The mountebank's
daughter, played by Ormi Hawley, is made sick by her father's cruel treat-
ment, and is found and taken home by the minister, Edwin August. In
his home she is given a very pretty dress and made one of the family.
She's a gypsy and the vestrymen make a fuss because of her. The chief
weakness of the picture is that, on the showing, they had reason to think
a remonstrance needed. When the minister tells them that the girl is to
become his wife they intimate to him that he is not wanted in that
church, .\nother pulpit is offered, and he takes his bride home to it. The
offering is not especially noteworthy on any count. It has scenes in a
gypsy camp and in the rectory.
"IDA'S CHRISTM.\S" (Vitagraph). December 24.— Hazel Neason is the
autthoress of this pretty Christmas picture with a child's part, very well
filled by Dolores Costello, as its center of inerest. John Bunny appears
as Santa Clans, Charles Edwards and Rose Tapley play Ida's parents,
poor people with the father lame and out of work. \'an Dyke Brooke and
Julia S. Gordon play rich people with whom Ida's mother gets a job and
who provide for the coming of Santa to the little girl and her parents.
Van Dyke Brooke has produced the picture and made it an acceptable
holiday offering that will be liked.
"IT'ALL came out in the WASH" (Vitagraph), December 24.—
Maurice Costello and Lillian Walker play the leads in this love story
with George Ober as the owner of a laundry to which Maurice's diamond
stud is carelessly sent. It is a lucky chance for him, for the stone is found
and he there meets the daughter of the owner whom he had seen on the
street and wanted to know in the worst way. The stone is reset and makes
a fine solitaire engagement ring. The offering lacks distinction, hasn't
much real love in it, but is interesting and will get by. Billy Cook wrote
it and Maurice Costello produced it.
"A PROPOS.\L UNDER DIFFICULTIES" (Edison), December zi.—
The author of "The House Boat on the Styx." John Kendrick Bangs, gives
us this original farce in which .Mice Washburn, as a sentimental house-
maid, carries well tne most important role. Richard Ridgeley, as chef in
the kitchen wants to be hers, but he hasn't yet "popped" when Augustus
Phillips, a bashful suitor for the hand of the daughter of the house. Edna
Flugrath, makes his call. In the library, by way of a dress rehearsal, he
puts tender emotion into his plea to a sofa cushion to be his wife. ' .Mice
overhears this and accepts. She is driven back to the kitchen by the
coming of another of Edna's admirers, William Wadsworth, and tells the
chef that he's too late. The farcical despair of this ardent cookie-maker
which runs through the rest of the picture, has a pleasing foil in the
comedy, being played in the parlor where the two lovers fence for the
girl's attention. The knot is finally cut by the chef's butcher knife flashed
at .Augustus' throat, for this, when it is finally explained, shows Edna
a picture of love in distress and she flies to his arms. It makes a de-
lightful, light-hearted offering, just the thing for the holiday season.
"THE INDIAN UPRISINo AT SANTA FE" (Kalem), December 21.—
.\n historical picture, not a story or drama. It shows the incident as it was
originally enacted by Spaniard and Indian in the years 1680 and 1692,
and under the same skies and amid the same hills and mesquit bushes.
It is very instructive, but not exciting and will appeal to historians. We
give the cafet of characters: Governor Don Antonio de Otermin is Col.
C. Price; Capt. Gomez is Carlyle Blackwell; Padre Duran is Arthur
Travers; Pope is Lorenzo, a San Juan Indian: Jaca is Knute Rahmn;
Maria, his daughter, is Mona Knoll, and Juan is Mae Marsh. All these
are nlavers in the first episode. In the second we see Gov. Vargas played
by Carlyle Blackwell, Padre Corvero by W. H. West, Capt. Roque by
George .Armigo, Maria by Mona Knoll, Juan by Mae Marsh and Domingo
by Emilio, a San Juan Indian. A commendable offering.
"A FARM HOUSE ROMANCE" (C. G. P. C), December 20.— An
V amusing Cinderella comedy in which a younger sister is made to dress
as a hired house girl so that the older sister will have more chance to
win Max Linder. A rainy day and a barnyard courtship make some very
laughable scenes. It's a good offering.
"THE DIONNES ON THE HORIZONTAL BARS" (C. G. P. C), De-
cember 20. — On the same reel is this interesting picture which doesn't need
further comment.
"HOGAN VS. SCHMIDT" (Lubin), December 20.— A farce of but a
few feet; but on the same reel there's a real farce.
"NORA, THE COOK" (Lubin), December 20. —Mae Hotely, as Nora,
a cook with an independent opinion of her own, but who, after marriage,
is a willing slave to her husband the iceman, makes many a good laugh
in a farce almost a whole reel in length and with much that is fresh in
it. The cast is a large one and we do not recognize them all; but see a
good deal to commend in the acting throughout.
"GIUSEPPE'S GOOD FORTUNE" (Essanay), December 20. — A comedy
of many amusing characters: but especially of Giuseppe, who finds a big
roll of' money in a suit . that he had "chased" from Isaac's second-
hard store. The narrative runs along rather blindly at first; it made us
think that -^gustus Carney was Giuseppe, but he merely was his friend.
Giuseppe is played by E. H. Calvert. Nearly every one in the large cast
plays his or her character well; but John Steppling, as Isaac, had the fun-
niest part. The picture depends more on the wit of its action than on
the humor of its characters and Isaac was hardly more commendable than
manv others. Eleanor Blanchard, Dolores Cassinelli, Ruth Stonehouse,
Howard Missimer, Bryant Washburn and Mary Flight also have roles.
Independent
"AN EMERGENCY W.MTER" (Great Northern), December 28.— .A
cobbler with a very red nose and quite drunk consents to act as supply
waiter at a fashionable dinner. His performances will surely make laughter.
"THE BL'RNING BRAND" (Broncho), January i. — A two-reel offering
which will come near reopening the old question of marriag- between a
white girl and an Indian. Some will say the story is impossible and un-
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necessary, but however that may be. it is certainly strongly presented.
From the time the young soldier learns that he cannot marry the white
girl he loves, because his mother was an Indian, there is a great deal of ex-
citing action. He tears off his uniform and goes out into the desert
to die. The Indians find him and recognize him as the son of Winona,
by the cross mark on his forehead. He drills the Indians and encourages
them to make warfare on the whites. He demands the girl as a token of
surrender, but her father says he will kill her rather than give her up.
In the end the half-breed is killed. A production of the intense, gripping
kind.
"THE NEW MAGDALEN" (Imp), December 26.— A two-reel offering,
with Jane Fearnley, Vivian Frescott and Wm. E. Shay in the principal
parts. The story is dramatic and interesting, and mainly concerns two
girls whose identities have become exchanged on the field of battle. The
scenes are very diverse in character, including views inside the little
chapel where Mercy is converted, war scnes, hospital glimpses and later
good home scenes. The acting is very capable throughout and altogether
the production is a strong one.
"THE OLD FOLKS CHRISTMAS" (Imp), December 23.— A timely of-
fering, full of Christmas spirit. Not a powerful tale, but a sweet and
pretty one. showing the manner in which a childless old couple play Santa
Claus to some poor children. The children have addressed a letter to the
deity asking for Christmas presents, and when the tree and gifts ar-
rive they mistake the old couple for "God and his wife."
"THE CHAPERONS" (Champion), December 23.— A young city man
drops into a farm house to get a drink while his auto is being repaired.
There is a pretty girl there and he induces her and her parents to visit
Coney Island with him. The old couple go through some rollicking per-
formances on the various resort attractions. A light, entertaining reel.
"POOR JONES' VACATION" (Nestor), December 23.— This short
comedy shows young Jones having a good time with some pretty girls
at a summer resort on a hundred dollar bill the boss gave him. The boss
arrives on the scene unexpectedly and decides to have a little fun himself.
He sends a wire calling the disconsolate Jones back to work. Clear cut
pictures and nicely presented.
"VIEWS AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D.
C." (Nestor), December 23. — On same reel with above. Pictures of the
national capitol building, congressional library, the various fountains, etc.
"THE AMULET" (Gem), December 24.— A story with a mystical tilt
to it, rather well presented. Two Indian braves struggle for the love of a
certain Indian girl. One saves her from the other's evil intentions. They
are given amulets which will protect them from harm and bring them to-
gether in a future life. Centuries later all are born again and appear in a
New York Hotel. The fight is renewed, the villain vanquished and the
young couple, still wearing the amulets, are happily united. While very
imaginative, this is tensely acted and holds the interest.
"THE STORY OF A KISS" (Eclair), December 24.— A youthful
comedy, in which an ardent lover strives to carry out the girl's injunction
that he should strive to make her kiss him of her own free will. He
kidnaps the real Romeo in an amateur performance, but the girl disguises
her maid as Juliet and cleverly foils him. She fools him again under
the mistletoe and at the- charity bazaar, but of course, he wins in the
end. Full of life and containing pleasing situations.
"THE HEROINE OF THE PLAINS" (Bison), December 24.— A strong
two-reel offering, starting with a genuine prairie fire, in which the hero
rescues an Indian girl. Scenes follow rapidly, depicting the frontier town,
army post, Indian village, etc. The Indians steal a white girl and two
children and rustle some steers out of a corral. Warfare ensues and the
Indian girl befriends the white girl and children. A good presentation of
gratitude and vengeance as practiced by the redskins. The pictures are
clear cut and strongly presented.
"AN ILL WIND" (Rex), December 29. — This begins with a Hallowe'en
celebration, in which the girl looks vainly in her mirror at midnight for
the face of her future husband. Next day, through loss of a check in the
office, the hero is arrested. He is sentenced to three years in prison,
which he serves in full. The check is then found, clearing his name. He
enters the girl's house on Hallowe'en night, and this time his face appears
in the mirror at midnight. The heart interest in this picture makes a
■trong appeal.
"TRACKED TO THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS" (Frontier), December
25. — After disfiguring the hero for life, Weston goes west and joins the
army. Later he deserts and is employed on a ranch. The daughter of
the ranch owner falls in love with him. There are some striking western
scenes, including a blue print view of the night herd. The hero and
his wife arrive and exciting events follow, in which Weston is fatally
shot, after somewhat redeeming his name by defending a girl from bandits.
The film ranks very well as a western offering of the kind.
"THE BIG WHITE CHIEF" (Nestor), December 25.— The characters
in this are somewhat jumbled at the beginning, but later the situation is
made clear. It is a comedy offering, with a tribe of Indians taking an
active part. The father of the girl disguises himself as an Indian to
watch two young men who are making love to his daughter. He gets
into some laughable difficulties, from which the hero saves him.
"A. BUSINESS MAN'S WIFE" (Rex), December 26.— This is the old
plot of the business man who neglects his wife until she falls in love
with another man. It is interesting and pictured with considerable power.
In the end all results happily, but not before there is a near-tragedy
when the husband awakens to the true situation. The interior scenes
are particularly good and the leading parts well handled.
"ZIGOTO DRIVES A LOCOMOTIVE'* (Gaumont), December 29.— A
novel eccentric offering, in which Zigoto runs his engine through houses,
under scaffoldings, over dining tables, etc. One of the most joyfully de-
structive pictures yet shown.
"THE MAN WITH THE PULL" (Gaumont). December 19.— On same
reel with above. More original absurdities, dealing with the adventures
of Calino. He bides in a mattress and is carried out of prison. Then he
feigns suicide and is doused with water. There is lots of good, clean non-
sense of an amusing order in this reel.
"PAT AND THE MILLINER" (Lux), December 27.— A comedy of-
fering in which Pat becomes enamored of a pretty milliner and follows her
to her shop. He hires out as page boy and has some odd adventures of a
fairly amusing character.
"A NEW USE FOR A BIKE" (Lux), December 27.— This, on the
same reel with the above, is entertaining. Sporty, the champion bicycle
rider, is pursued by a suffragette, who has fallen in love with him. His
household goods are moved by bicycles, and she hides in the clock.
"JIM'S COLLEGE DAYS" (Majestic), December 31.— A first class col-
lege picture, with the so-called "college spirit" running completely through
it. The fraternity dance and rivalry over a pretty girl are well shown.
There are some views of Columbia University shown incidentally. The
football game is interesting and Jim, of course, wins the game and the
girl.
"THE GREAT SACRIFICE" (Kay-Bee), January 3.— In this two-reel
picture the interest is divided between the capital war scenes and an ex-
ceedingly forceful plot. The atmosphere of this Kay-Bee film, like that
of its popular predecessors, is good. There is the southern plantation
Christmas, in which the love of the two brothers for the girl is brought
out. A good representation of Lincoln and his cabinet is shown, and
the signing of the war proclamation is pictured. New phases of warfare
are vividly pictured, in the tenches and on the hills. Through it all the
plot works smoothly and logically, and after Lee's surrender the final
dramatic incidents are shown. A strong production.
"THE DUEL" (Keystone), December 30. — An amusing half-reel comedy,
in which the Duke and the Count get into a bloodless French duel over a
girl's dog. Fide is put out to sea on a raft and when his plight is dis-
covered the Count and Duke bend their energies toward saving him. Mack
Sennett and Mabel Normand are featured in this entertaining picture.
"MABEL'S STRATAGEM" (Keystone), December 30.— This picture,
while well acted, is coarse in plot and will give offense to many observers.
"THE^ PROFESSOR'S DILEMMA" (Victor). December 27.— Good
comedy, in which there are some hearty laughs. Owen Moore and Fritzi
Brunette have the leads.
"AS THE DOCTOR ORDERED" (Imp), December 28.— A burlesque.
"A WIDOW'S WILES" (Imp), December 28.— On the same reel as
the foregoing is this rather broad comedy in which Fred Mace has the
lead.
"A DRY TOWN" (Eclair), December 26. — A comedy parodying the
temperance town. The writer evidently had had experience in such places.
It is funny.
"TOYS OF DESTINY" (Powers), December 27.— A two-reel drama.
The scenes intended to point out that the husband was a drunkard were
drawn out more than necessary to establish the fact. Also the release
from prison on the word of the district attorney without other legal for-
mality was hardly in conformity with customary procedure. There are
some strong scenes, however.
"THE PADRE'S GIFT" (Nestor), December 27.— This story is en-
hanced by charming photography and beautiful settings. The picture is
worth seeing.
"EL CAPITAN AND THE LAND GRABBERS" (Bison), December
28. — A fine melodrama in which Charles Inslee has the lead. There is a
good story and it is competently put on. There are large numbers of
people in the cast and advantage is taken of the beautiful California
scenery.
"INSECT HUNTING" (Eclair), December 29.— An interesting scien-
tific study,
"GONTRAN, A KIDNAPPER" (Eclair), December 20.— On the same
reel as the foregoing is another nf the comedies featuring this popular
comedian.
"HER VISITOR" (Crystal), December 29.— Broad comedy. It is not
just clear why "Gentleman George,'* when he found in the traveling bag
of the man he had robbed an invitation to spend a week-end, should
have assumed that he could successfully take the place of the man
robbed — i. e., that the intended host did not personally know his guests.
There are some amusing moments.
"THE ELOPEMENT" (Crystal), December 29.— On the same reel as
the foregoing is this not particularly strong comedy.
"HER INSPIRATION" (Milano), December 28.— A story of a girl who
pined for the love of a musician. She writes an opera which he produces.
He not only conceals the identity of the composer, but gives his love to
the woman who interprets the leading role. The story is not strong.
"PURSUED BY A LIONESS" (Lux). Jan. 3.— Following a duel with
revolvers, in which one man is killed, the hero is given three days in which
to visit his mother. A friend stands surety for him, and if the man fails
to appear, the friend will be shot in his stead. The hero, on his return
trip, is thrown from his horse in the jungle. He fights barehanded with
a leopard and later is trailed by u lioness, which he handles in the same
way. How does he do it? That is the question observers will ask, and
this will go far to insure the success of the offering, which is quite remark-
able in its way. We suspect that the animals have not been out of cap-
tivity long, but we would prefer to meet them through the medium of the
screen. The release of the hero and his friend, after the former appears,
is effective. Something new and attractive.
"GAUMONT WEEKLY, No. 42" (Gaumont), December 25.— A weekly
of unusual interest, containing many novel and instructive features.
Shows jackrabbits rounded up and killed by the hundred in Washington,
the Lord Mayor's parade in London, stump pulling and ditch dredging,
a Paris chrysanthemum show, first views of the now famous suffragette
march to Albany, etc.
"THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN'* (Solax), December 27.— Con-
trasting scenes from the lives of two married couples, Mr. and Mrs.
Spendthrift and Mr. and Mrs. Frugal. The first wife brings her husband
to failure by expensive traits, the second helps her husband to fortune.
This is intensely interesting, not so much because of the strong moral It
conveys, but because it is so true to life and so well acted by both couples.
A first-class moving picture "morality play," with a helpful bearing on the
problem of modem married life.
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"THE FINGER PRINTS" (Solax), December 25.— This is a live, clean-
cut defective storv, without the usual sensational drawbacks. From the
time the banker is found murdered in his chair and Detective Karr takes
charge of the case, the interest is not allowed to wane. The chase across
roof tops and the struggle on the fire-escape were well done. The detec-
tive's appearance in the guise of a Pike County farmer savors a little
of a five cent novel methods, but the denouement is exciting and well
worked out. A good offering.
Inquiries.
NOTE.— Replies cannot be sent by mail. State name of character. Do
not ask for "leaJs" or "that man." Addresses cannot be B^'en here, but
a list of studio addresses will be sent for a stamped anr self -ad dressed
envelope. Oily questions of general interest will be answered. Replies
cannot be repeated.
H. M.— The law does not provide for the copyrighting of unprodaced
photoplays. Your recourse, if necessary, lies in common law.
W A C L —Sends in a piece of film sliowing Franlt Lannlng in a western
Patlie release. Others have also advised that he is with the western
company. , , . . ^ *
G. H. The Universal does not now list its casts, and data Is not now at
ATLANTA Note that tlie FL-lurn of Miss Mabel Trunnelle and Mr. Prlpr
to the Edisdn forces has already been announced. We do not get that Sellg
title. Are vou sure that's it? Miss Ruth Roland, not Miss Joyce, had the
part in Kalem's "The Mummy and the Cowpunchers."
F. L. W. We have seen too many duplications to believe that a company
steals your idea. If you are certain you have been made a victim, see an
attorney, but first be certain. The royalty idea for payment Is absurd under
film conditions. It is clear tliat you do not know the business. Next time
you send a letter of that length we are going to charge you five dollars just
for reading It.
J. D. G, — Some of • your questions are without answer, others cannot be
answered here. Foi; capitalizations see the Secretary of State, where the
company is incorporated. Next time send your address.
A. H. M. — Few studios now read scripts that are not typed.
MILLINER— Miss Pickford Is now playing In Philadelphia In "A Good
Little Devil." Private advices state that she is doing splendidly. Other
advices state that she Is not yet through with photoplay, but expects to
return some time soon.
M. P. — The studio list is revised whenever a sufficient number of changes
of addresses render it necessary. There Is no set period.
J. c. — Of the companies you mention, only Frontier Is In the market for
scripts and able to pay for them. Address tbem to the Los Angeles address
of the Universal.
L. 0. — Wo do not place the tbree players you mention. Tlie first two are
no longer with Lubin.
R. ROE — Walter C. Miller waa the husband In "Brutality." Miss Anna
Q. Nllsson was the judge's daughter In "The Toll Gate Raiders." Miss
Frltzi Brunette is Owen Moore's leading lady now that Miss Lawrence has
left Vletor-
ORIENT — Charles Mailes was the father, and Lionel Barrymore the min-
ister, in "The New York Hat." Buster Johnson was Dan in "Twixt Love
and Ambition." You can obtain tlie copies desired by addressing the
business office. The December Issue carries a six months' Index, the March
a ttiree months'.
CONN — Sign your name next time. Harry Benhara was Mile. Cleo in
Thanhouser's "Dotty the Dancer."
R. C. M. — Thanhouser does not purchase scripts. Scripts that might fit
the Rex should be sent the Universal and not direct to Rex. There Is no
limit to the number of scenes.
W. E, W. — Tliere are not two "male leads" In the play you name. What
are the characters you want? Tom and Owen Moore are brothers. Never
heard of the film company you mention.
M. R. F. — C. G. P. C. (Compagnie Generale CInematographiques et Phono-
graphs), is the designation of the French pictures of the Patbe Freres. The
company is licensed, but now and then you'll see one In the Independent
theaters that has been purchased abroad, notably "The Courier of Lyons"
and the "Grotto of Torture."
C. L. H, — Sorry, but It Is not practicable to query Unlversals of late.
It was not Mr. Garwood whom you saw.
J. H. — The Photoplay Magazine, Chicago, will reach the publication you
seek. It is devoted to fiction stories of the Independent films.
AMATEUR — A plot Is too weak when it does not contain the proper ele-
ments of strength. If your photoplays come back regularly and promptly,
we think you are correct In suspecting that they lack strength. The paper
you send does very well, the trouble is with the plot, not the paper. No
story would be turned down because it was written on the wrong sort of paper.
ADMIRER — Read the paper more carefully. The return of the O'Kalems
was announced in October, when they got back. See week before last for
the new-Gaunticr Company.
E. B. — A lirensed film Is supposed to be retired from circulation after a
decent interval of time. Independent film is not returned to the maker.
Film too old to be sliown is sold and the silver in Ibe emulsion recovered by
chemical processes. Old Independent reels jiassed up l)y the exchange may
sometimes be purchased They bring from $10 upward per reel.
J. C. W. — The Broncho does not reveal thp names of their players, but it
has not ypt l)eiome necessary to locate an ideniifier.
AZO — We do not give addresses and cannot name the cameramen.
E. F. M. — Tliere is a Mutual Film Exchange in Boston. Ask them where
Keystones may lie seen.
MARBLEHEAD — ^The subscription is one dollar yearly. See advertising
pages for addresses. The Pa the and Gaumont weeklies are films.
MRS. A. H. — Do not ask questions Tuesday and look for the answer on
Saturday. Miss Selbie is the only woman player named by Essanay in the
cast of "The Ranch Girl's Mistake."
X. Y. Z. — The sheriff in Kalem's "The Girl Bandit's Hoodoo." was Ed.
Coxen. He is the only man named. The minister In Essanay's "Down Jay-
vllle Way," was Dwigbt Mead. The girls were the Misses Eleanor Blanch-
ard, Mildred Weston and Lily Branscombe. We have not the Pathe cast on
file. Miss Ruih Roland is with the Santa Barbara section of the Kalem
Company. Mr. Blackwell Is at Glendale. Arthur Johnson went to LubIn
from Reliance.
PHOTO PLAYWRIGHT — The best guide Is the screened production.
M. S. T. — Where one scene gradually replaces another it is a "dissolve."
If part of the scene only is displaced, it is a "vision." If a scene fades, not
to be replaced by another, it Is a "fade." You seem to suggest a dissolve.
H. H. — Please ask for names, not "leads." The technical terms are often
misused. The lead in "Tlie Strange Story of Elsie Mason," waa Miss Alice
Joyce. Tlie leading man was Tom Moore. Miss Enda Payne was the lead
in both "The Silent Signal" and "The Water Rats." Miss Blanche Sweet
was the older daughter in "The Painted Lady."
L. A. W. — The title role in "Cettina's Substitute" was played by Richard
Rosson. We have no Broncho casts. No one ever will know who played Ib-
that Lubin. The studio went out of existence before tbe casts were learned.
It was not a regular LubIn company, but was making stuff on speculation.
A. B. — Tlie Answers Man was taking a belated vacation, which accounts,
In part, for the delay In replying to your question, but at best the answer*
must wait their turn. The post office bos Is tlie correct address for mail, but
please be a little more patient.
D. T. — Miss Blanche Sweet had the lead In "Blind Love."
"W. D. McC. — Nestor made "Hearts and Skirts." We do not know tbe
cast.
W. S. T. — It did not take four weeks to discover your script' to be nn-
available, but It may have been four weeks before your script was reached.
Our opinion is that you should be glad to get the script back. We fall tO"
see tliat you have any grounds for complaint.
DOROTHY R. — We have no cast for the first, but believe that It wa»
Mrs. Mackley. Frederick Church was the revenue ofiScer In "A Moonshiner's
Heart." Please note that Blograph has no definite pairs of leads, but casts
as circumstances direct. The triangle in the Sellg of that name, were Tom
Santschi, Herbert Rawllnson and Miss Bessie Eyton.
F. W. — The first cast Is not available. The other question has been,
answered above.
J. A. C. — No Universal casts. Universal owns both brands named.
M. M. — The company will not state names.
J. S. V, — Having compiled with the formalities, send your scripts else- .
wlierr. Tlie fact that your letter was returned does not alter the case.
Yon have complied with the rule and your script Is released.
M. V. — We cannot call you Flossie. Tbe original Flossie is a friend of
ours, and we shall uphold her trademark. The married couple In "Gold'
and Glitter" were Elmer Booth and Miss Grace Lewis. Miss Bernard is in-'
a stock company. Miss Williams lias not left Selig. Which "fellows" do
you mean In "So Near and Yet so Far"? There were several.
L. D.— Earl Metcalf was Harry Tennant In "A Girl's Bravery." We do-
not sell photographs. We cannot understand why you should not see Miss-
Joyce in pictures. They are released regularly.
T. L. D. — In writing photoplay It Is not necessary to write dialogue.
Write the action and have that action tell the story clearly. This Is very.-
different from the fiction narrative. Better order a ."Technique of the I*hoto—
play" and read It.
J. N. — Perhaps some reader can tell you what magazine published the ■
photograph and biography of Mlsa Pickford. We do not recall having seen It.
ORIENT — Miss Adele Lane was the moonshiner's sister In "The Detective's-
Conscience." Mr. Walthall was Miss Plckford's lover In "Friends." The
minister is not cast as such In "The Struggle of Hearts."
T. H, S.— You'll have to do better than "the cute girl In the striped dress."
In any event, we cannot buy a five-dollar bo,ok Just, to see If she looks like a
picture.
CORRECTION — Several correspondents advise us that It was Earle
Williams as the young doctor and Charles Eldrldge as tbe old physician In
"The Love Sick Maidens."
A. K. — We have to pass up that shorthand question. We do not think
that tliere is much difference though each new system is supposed to be-
an improvement on the Pittman. A plain color thrown on the screen during
the projection of a photoplay will fade the picture In proportion to the
strength of the light. The angle of such a throw does not effect the re-
sult. Ask Mr. Richardson about the net. The use of a net to diffuse light ap-
pears to have originated with Richard Wagner in tiie Bayreutb Opera House.
We think three columns Is about all we can coax from the editor of the
Photoplaywright Department. We refute, in indignation, the suggestion that:
we write with an acid pen. Its a typewriter, and we are the sunniest i
little Answers Man that ever was.
R. E. M. — Miss Neva Gerber is cast as Mabel In "The Water Right War."
The baseball picture was released a few days after the championship
series. Broncho Billy's Mexican wife is not named by the company.
MISS S. — We think that. Miss Lawrence herself would appreciate some ■
Information as to her next engagement. She has made no arrangement yet.
W. R. — Robyn Adair was Bob and Romalne Fielding Roy In "The Family
Next Door." We cannot Identify tbe third character.
J. A. VAN E. — Walter C. Miller was Miss Plckford's lover in "So Near
and Yet So Far." See reply to Milliner. She Is playing In Philadelphia now.
R. L. — Send synopsis and plot of action. You would not try to sell an .
egg by showing the shell as sample, would you? A good synopsis might
work Into a poor play, and vice versa.
!>• !>• — You have Miss Greenwood correctly placed. Mr. Shaw has gone
independent. John Halliday has been playing T\ith Lubin to finish off some
scenes that had to be taken over, but left when this was done to take part
In "The Whip." now playing in New York.
J, H. T. — We do not know much about Crystal's purchases, but we would-
wait sixty days for any company. Edison seldom passes on a script under
a month. If you are a newcomer, mark this down: Give the companies
plenty of time (eight weeks), or you'll become known as a fusser and all
your scripts will be rushed back without reading.
C. D. M. — The general rule allows three or two feet of film for the lines
as they appear on the film. Twenty to twenty-four letters woiild consti-
tute such a line.
M^S. T. — Mr. Kerrigan was not killed by an automobile lately If air
the players reported killed really died there would not be a sufficient number
of undertakers to bury them. Tbe length of a reel depends upon the amount-
of action, not the number of scenes.
P. H. — Miss Phyllis Gordon was Helen In "Tlie Vintage of Fate " We-
cannot name Universal players. Miss Myrtle Stedman was Dolly in "The-
Ranger and His Horse."
MARBLEHEAD — KB casts are not to he had. We do not know why the.
ame battle was made to do for two pictures. We could tell you the renlv.-
to tlie tliird question, but not here.
A LOS ANGELES BEAR STORY.
Director Ricliard Garrick, of the Western Universal forces,,
has worked a genuine sensation in his last picture, a tale-
of the Northwest. In it there is a fight between a bear and
a man. It is most realistic. The bear was no small skinny-
animal, eithet-. He stood seven feet high when standing,
and weighed iioo pounds. The audiences will see the man
approach the bear with a knife and the huge animal awaiting
him with his jaws wide open. They will see the actual fight,
and the man and bear fall, the man striking at the bear with:
his knife. They also see the bear slowly relax and let the
man go, the man rise and stagger and then deliver a finaJ
fatal blow with his knife.
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W^ Moving- Picture Educator
BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS PICTURES.
By Rev. W. H. Jackson.
IT is exactly two years ago that under the above head-
ing there appeared in The Moving Picture World
an article advocating and explaining the proper and
timely use of sacred pictures. There is no doubt the
article in question was the means of inspiring special
efforts along these lines. At that time there were prob-
ably less than a dozen genuine attempts to produce pic-
tures along true and original lines, or under proper con-
ditions, and with satisfactory surroundings. During
these two years probably upwards of a hundred sacred
pictures have come from the film manufacturers' studios ;
of these it is interesting to enquire how many fill the
required conditions. It should be noted that these have
been made in various parts of the world, giving every
scope and opportunity for all sorts and classes of people
to show their ability along these lines.
While it might reasonably be expected that those coun-
tries lying nearest to the times and scenes of the orig-
inal sacred doings would produce the best results, they
have not done so. It also seems only natural to expect
the best results from those pictures the subjects of
which prompted the idea that they should be taken
within the area of that land which gave them birth ;
chiefly in the Holy Land and Egypt. It certainly is the
height of folly to produce pictures of this class in local
American studios and country scenes when so much is
dependent upon those natural surroundings which are
a part of the subject itself. This does not mean that
none of these pictures can be produced in this country,
but to this date there has been little discrimination be-
tween the pictures which may be made here and those
which must be made abroad. The desire of the writer
of this article is not to find fault with the merit or
ability of those engaged in the work; the photography is
always good, the acting is commendable, and the direct-
ors show a desire to meet conditions, but there is too
often a strong evidence that two things are lacking:
First, the Bible itself, teaches that its contents are
written in such a way that "The letter killeth but the
Spirit giveth life." The life of the spirit of the subject
is almost entirely lacking in the majority of the pictures
now before us. The result is that even when an attempt
has been made to follow the letter of the story the proof
that the "letter killeth" is found in a killed picture.
Manufacturers must know that if they have not with
them those well able to interpret the life-giving spirit
of the subject, they cannot be surprised when the pic-
tures are not accepted by the very class of people for
whom they are prepared.
Second, the law of "the fitness of things" must be
rigidly observed. It is not enough for anyone to sup-
pose that the help received from the Tissot pictures is
sufficient ; they are splendid aids, but cannot be used as
substitutes for original conditions and surroundings. Be-
cause of the great demand for sacred pictures, manufac-
turers have seemed to try to meet that demand with a
rush, absolutely regardless of the two most essential
conditions named above.
The terrible mistakes which occur so frequently in so
many of the home-made pictures ought surely to arouse
the makers to a realization of the fact that, without cast-
ing any reflection upon the splendid men in their em-
ploy, it is absolutely impossible to produce this class of
picture without that help which can only be given by
men whose lives have been trained in the work, and who
know the "spirit" as well as the "letter." No minister
could ever advise that a heavenly visitor, whether angel,
or archangel, should come from the realms of peace,
clad in a coat of armor; neither can the interpretation of
that which occurs in the Old Testament, be always car-
ried forward and made to interpret that which is found
in the New Testament.
Another evident mistake is that a sort of studio license
seems to be taken with the language of the Scriptures,
as though, when in a tight place concerning the neces-
sary interpretation of any language or subject, the orig-
inal has been strained to fit in with studio conditions,
instead of the contrary course ; that, no matter what
labor or cost is~required, the original must be faithfully
produced.
Lest it might be supposed that these suggestions are
applied only to Biblical pictures, the writer wishes to
consider a religious picture the original of which comes
within more recent times. This picture, while of English
origin, was produced by a foreign firm, with all the
foreign settings, which entirely robbed the subject of
its most valuable tone. This may be the better under-
stood if we try to imagine what would be the results if
a company of Germans, French or Italians, or even
Japanese, endeavored to produce in their own studios a
series of pictures depicting the American Indian in his
native surroundings, or the famous Western cowboy.
We are certainly casting no reflections upon the abil-
ity of those who work in these foreign studios, when we
say at the outset that we are confident that they would be
a Hbel upon American types and customs, and we should
look for mediocre if not comical results. From our
standpoint we know perfectly well how they would be
lacking in letter, spirit and conditions, and do not hesi-
tate to claim for ourselves the ability to advise or criticise
them. This rule must work both ways, and makers of
sacred pictures must not feel aggrieved when those who
know the requirements of such pictures venture to sug-
gest to them when and where they fall short of a required
standard.
The educational world is waiting for these pictures,
and it is therefore a matter of necessity that they shall
educate ; to do so they must be true in thought, word and
deed, and any advice or criticism which has that object
in view should be sought for and welcomed bv all those
who have at heart the desire to produce these subjects
which are to be masterpieces of cinematography.
ENLIGHTENED.
A leading New York daily has been very energetic in
its war against the moving picture. Many people do not
know that sensational news and truth are often stran-
gers to each other. That spirit of wholesale denuncia-
tion which characterized this particular paper two j-ears ago
is still rampant. In a wild endeavor to appear as highly
cultured moral censors they overlooked the fact that it is
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universally conceded that the evils of today lie more with
the conditions under which the pictures are shown than
with the pictures themselves. This yearning after notoriety
leads to an unhealthy desire to pose as critics and reform-
ers, so that when, through other causes, changes for the
better have taken place, these sensation mongers lay claim
to the credit, in a sort of "we brought it about" boast.
In the case of the paper above referred to, however, a
number of people interested in the best side of moving pic-
ture work waited upon the editor, and pointed out to him
the error of his ways. It is not surprising that, as an intelli-
gent man, he was obliged to see the true situation and admit
his paper was lighting a wrong battle. As a result of this
interview this newspaper is now "enlightened," and beginning
with its next issue there was a noticeable change in the tone
of its moving picture talks. In the future there is little doubt
but that the news and editorials of this now "enlightened"
paper will be along lines consistent with the true needs of
the situation.
In this instance the action of this self-appointed committee
was most commendable, and in line with the advice so often
given on these pages. This is not the first time such a course
has been taken, and with similar satisfactory results. If at
least another and more "yellow" New York paper can be
brought under the enlightening influence of the true condi-
tions there will be good reason to hope that the desire to
eliminate anything and everything that hinders the moving
picture from fulfilling its splendid mission to all classes, espe-
cially those in the less favorable conditions in life, will be
accomplished.
deep. From a practical standpoint the two hours spent in
viewing these pictures is the equivalent of a year's travel
with the attendant expense and difficulties incident to a
trip through these Arctic regions. Mr. Beverly Dobbs is
a benefactor to us all, not only in undertaking such, at
least, an uncomfortable journey, but also in securing such
excellent films. We were interested, enlightened, educated;
wonderful as are the pictures, however, they would be of
little value without the connecting lecture (another tribute
to the value of the voice with the picture). Mr. Dobbs
makes, with proper descriptions, his Northern trip one of
the masterpieces of practical, interesting, and educational
cinematography.
THROUGH ALASKA AND SIBERIA.
The cause of educational cinematography has been en-
riched by this elaborate, thorough, and painstaking series
of pictures by Beverly B. Dobbs. They form a valuable
collection of travel, scenic, industrial, and knowledge im-
parting pictures. For institutional lectures they are a wel-
come and entertaining addition; while in schools and col-
leges they will prove invaluable as teachers. The first
reel is of pictures taken on the ice, two miles from shore',
in front of Cape Prince of Wales, the most westerly point
of mainland in North America looking toward the Diomede
Islands, twenty-four miles away. A field of ice sixty miles
wide is moving at the rate of one mile an hour into the
Arctic Ocean, the scene being described as one of surpassing
beauty. In the trip "Through the Heart of Alaska" there
are manj' interesting and entertaining features, such as
gold mining and hunting. The various methods of mining
and washing gold with all the necessary machinery, are
illustrated and explained. One of the most thrilling in-
cidents of the trip was a polar bear hunt. This is also
a splendid piece of camera work; standing at the bow of
the swiftly moving vessel, the fast swimming animal is
soon within rifle range, the striking of the fatal shot is plainly
visible, and the dead monster is soon hauled on board.
A patriotic scene is that of the celebration of the Fourth
of July on the bank of the Snake River at Nome, Alaska.
A boat race between the natives of Nome, East Cape, Kings
Island and the Diomede Islanders is an exciting affair, and
wonderfully descriptive of their aquatic habits and powers;
the winning team is seen scrutinizing the forty silver dollars
they have won.
The canoe-like boats of the natives are wonderfully well
constructed; the dexterity with which the occupant can turn
over in the water and as readily right the boat is most
interesting.
A journey with the United States mail team is taken from
Nome. These dog teams are in themselves worthy of con-
siderable notice, a smaller and gentler team being used in
the streets, while the larger and more vicious dogs are needed
and used in the open. The sagacity of the loose "leader"
dog which leads the way, sets the pace, and inspires the pack
with courage is very marked. On one of these journeys the
most unusual picture of an almost blinding blizzard is shown,
giving an idea of an Arctic storm, as well as a courageous
bit of photography.
A fur trading trip to Siberia gives opportunity for a new
series with a look at another hitherto unexhibited land and
people; we are introduced to the natives with their homes,
and manner of living. The walrus hunt is perhaps the master-
piece of the series. Islands of floating ice with hundreds
and often thousands of these sea monsters upon them pass
in panorama before the eye; a hunt by the natives is followed
with intense interest; going out in their boats of walrus-
hide, they are soon within range of the herd. Killing by
shooting is the method adopted and the return with seven-
teen huge animals marks a successful day.
Securing the hide and tusks is now the work of the
natives; this done, the carcass is again consigned to the
"THE VITAGRAPH GLOBE TROTTERS."
A tramp made application at a farmhouse for work. The
farmer, after providing him with a generous meal, told him he
could get busy on the wood-pile. The gentleman of leisure
looked up at the calendar and said, "I am very sorry, boss,
but I couldn't think of starting work on the 13th of the month.
It is an unlucky day!"
"The Vitagraph Globe Trotters," who are now making a
tour of the world, are not believers in signs. If they are, they
certainly defy tradition and throw superstition to the winds.
The Vitagraph Company has so often overthrown all prece-
dence in its marvelous and marked success, no doubt "The
Globe Trotters" will add to it in their twirl around the world.
"The Vitagraph Globe Trotters" was conceived on Friday,
June 13th. Some of the trotters left New York on Friday,
the 6th, the balance on Saturday, the "th, making a total of
13; leaving on the 2:13 train, and one of the company was
assigned to Lower 13 in the Pullman. They left San Fran-
cisco for Hav/aii, on Friday, December 13th. They had
twenty-six pieces of baggage, which divided by two, makes 13.
They will take steamer from Nagasaki for Shanghai on
Monday, January 13th, 1913. They will reach Rangoon on
February 13th, 1913, and call at Aden on their way to Port
Said on Wednesday, March 13th, 1913.
They are expected to turn homeward on Friday, June 13th,
igi3, and will probably arrive in New York City on Saturday,
.September 13th, 1913.
With this record of thirteens. the "Vitagraph Globe
Trotters" will all be eligible to the "Thirteen Club," and.
should occupy the seats of honor.
Those who are doing the Vitagraph globe trotting are
Mr. William Ranous, director; Mr. William Smith, business
manager; Mr. Maurice Costello, Mrs. Costello. Dolores and
Helen Costello, Mr. Jnmes Young, Clara Kimball Young,
Mr. Eugene F. Mullen, scenario editor and Mr. Harry L.
Keepers, camera man.
Five of the trotters have thirteen letters in their names:
William S. Smith, William Ranous, Eugene F. Mullen, Harry
L. Keepers, and Helen Costello.
Count them! Just thirteen letters in "Globe Trotters."
There is always a fascination in doing the unusual and
placing your fate in the hands of destiny, thirteen or no
thirteen. Optimism is the incentive to success. He who
does the right thing at the right time, regardless of dogma
or adage, is the one who does the most good for others.
Our best wishes are with "The Vitagraph Globe Trotters."
May the year 1913 add still greater accomplishments to the
Vitagraph Company's great performances of all past years.
CAMERAMAN WITH TAFT PARTY.
L. J. Simons, the photographer of the Feature Film Mfg,
Compan}^ of Washington, D. C, accompanies President Taft
as one of the immediate official party on his tour of inspec-
tion of the Panama Canal. Every event of the official in-
spection will be taken and in addition to this the recently
completed mechanical features of the great ditch, such as the
mammoth locks, artificially created Lake Gatun, the immense
dam, etc. Many of these features of the canal are just com-
pleted and are photographed for the first time; so in addition
to the great educational and historical value of these pic-
tures, they will be the very latest and best pictures of the
great canal, presenting 2,000 feet of original features. As
the present demand is for educational and historical fea-
tures there is no question that this will be one of the fore-
most popular favorites of the moving picture theatergoers
and will prove a real money maker for the live wires who
get it first. The tour occupies from December 19th to De-
cember 31st and the Feature Film Mfg. Company will place
the films upon the market January 6th, but a few days after
the completion of the tour, while the newspapers are still
devoting columns of space to the trip, thus securing the
most valuable advertising possible. Be the first in your
territory to secure this money maker.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
CHICAGO LETTER
By JAS. S. McQDADE
[1
ABOUT two months ago, the Independent Exchange Com-
pany, a corporation formed by fifteen Independent ex-
changes, which buy the Universal Company's product,
swas launched. I was fully informed at the time of the object
and purpose of its organization; and as it was then deemed
best not to exploit the news in an article, because of the wrong
impression it might make on the minds of exhibitors using
Universal programs, I refrained from giving the matter pub-
licity. Now that a New York contemporary, which treats the
moving picture business only as a side issue in its columns, has
seized upon the item at this late day for sensational news pur-
poses, I am at liberty to lay bare the facts surrounding the
jbirth of the Independent Exchange Company.
The contemporary in question seems to imply, in its first
reference to the existence of the Independent Exchange Com-
j)any, that Mr. Blache of Gaumont, Mr. Gray of the Comet, and
Mr. Froebel of the St. Louis Moving Picture Company, who
■chanced to be in Chicago on Dec. 3 and 4, had attended and
participated in a meeting of the members of the Independent
Exchange Company held in Chicago on the dates mentioned.
Furthermore, the article in question seeks to make out that
the exchanges represented in the Independent Exchange Com-
pany had decided to secede from the Universal.
Joseph Hopp, of the Standard Film Exchange (Chicago and
Louisville), being interviewed on the subject, states that the
charge of secession has no foundation whatever in fact, and
that Messrs. Blache, Gray and Froebel had not been invited to
attend, and were not present at the meeting on Dec. 3 and 4,
•during the business session of the members of the Independent
Exchange Company. Being in Chicago at the time, as a matter
■of courtesy, Messrs. Blache, Gray and Froebel were invited to
•meet the members of the Independent Exchange Company after
ithe business session was over.
"The exchanges interested in the Independent Exchange Com-
pany have no interest whatsoever in the manufacture of films,"
_says Mr. Hopp. "Seing that the buying exchanges of the Film
Supply Company are represented by the Mutual Film Corpora-
tion for the protection of their interests, and that the exchanges
allied with manufacturers of the Universal Company are also
■represented and protected, the fifteen buying exchanges of the
Universal product considered it only right and fair that they
•should organize for mutual protection. At no time has the
Independent Exchange Company had in mind the antagonism
•either of the manufacturers of the Universal or of the ex-
•changes owned by them. Its members, as good business men,
should have provided against future contingencies, which might
arise to injure their interests.
"The Independent Exchange Company is an incorporation, in
•which the members have agreed that each will pay into a com-
■mon treasury a substantial amount weekly, as weekly dues. This
-fund has already reached a considerable sum and will continue
to increase. As the sum paid by each member aggregates
a certain amount, he is issued a certain number of shares of
the company's stock. In case occasion should call for it, the
members will thus be in a position to protect their interests.
"Such occasion can arise only when the manufacturers of the
Universal are disposed to discriminate against the interests of
the exchanges which comprise the Independent Exchange Com-
pany. We have never had any intention to create a cleavage in
the ranks of the exchanges now using the Universal programs :
the policy of the Independent Exchange Company is construc-
tive and protective — not destructive
"It is our object, however, to be in a state of preparedness,
in case our interests should be endangered by our being placed
at a disadvantage.
"The members of the Independent Exchange Company have
some rninor grievances, which, it is hoped, will be redressed at
a meeting, to be held in New York, Jan. 8th."
Following are the names of the ten directors of the Independ-
ent Exchange Company: President, William Oldknow, of the
Consolidated Film & Supply Co., Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas
and Memphis; Frank Drew, Detroit Universal Film Co. and
Toledo Film Exchange; Frank Bailey, Pacific Film Exchange,
Butte. Pacific Film Exchange, Seattle, and the Independent West-
ern Film Exchange, Portland: J. M. Jackson, Cincinnati, Buck-
eye Film Exchange: E. V. Powell, United Motion Picture Co.,
Oklahoma; A. S. Davis, Independent Film Exchange, Pitts-
burgh; M. Markovitz, California Film Exchange of San Fran-
cisco and Los Angeles; C. R. Plough, Anti-Irust Film Co.,
Chicago; Joseph Hopp, Standard Film Exchange, Chicago and
Louisville ; and Earl Miles, of Miles Bros., San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
Nine of the above directors have qualified and the tenth will
qualify shortly.
The treasurer of the Company is under a heavy bond, fur-
nished by the American Surety Company. Judge George A.
Trude is counsel.
The Nevy Grand Central Theater, St. Louis.
Wm. Sievers, secretary-treasurer of the Grand Central Amuse-
ment Co., St. Louis, writes that there have been several un-
avoidable delays in the opening of the New Grand Central Thea-
ter, which is being built by his company. This house, when
finished, will have cost close to $140,000. The St. Louis Mirror
has the following article in its holiday number, on the new
house and its management :
"The New Grand Central Theater, now being erected at Grand
and Lucas avenues, will, on completion, be one of the most hand-
some, sanitary and safe of its kind in the city. It will have a
seating capacity of over two thousand, and will be furnished
with the most elaborate and up-to-date ventilating system in
St. Louis, the mere cost of its installation reaching close to the
twenty thousand dollar mark. It will change the air in the house
every three minutes, distributing it everywhere at an equal tem-
perature, under and over every seat and in every nook and
corner of the theater. In summer it will be cool and pleasant,
in winter "comfy." Two immense exhaust fans, with a capacity
of eighty thousand feet a minute, will carry out the impure air
as fast as the fresh comes in, thus reaching the highest point
of modern theater sanitation requirements. The upholstering
will be both luxurious and comfortable throughout. The most
careful precautions are being taken against fire, both in combusti-
bility of stage materials and in abundance of exits, and it is
safe to say that in sanitation, and in immunity from fire panic,
the New Grand Central Theater will have no equal in St.
Louis.
"The theater, when completed, will be under the same manage-
ment as that of the Grand Central Theater located at Sixth
and Market streets, and the intention of the management is to
entertain the public in the new theater with exclusive picures
de luxe, such as will scarcely be seen in any other house in
St. Louis. They will be life portrayals taken from the best
known writers in the world, and there will be the cream of the
highest efforts in advanced cinematography.
"The Grand Central Theater at Sixth and Market streets has
the reputation of being the best conducted moving picture
theater in the city. However, Mr. Sievers, the manager, as-
serts that there is not a really up-to-date picture show in St.
Louis, and it is his aim to feel that he can demand and deserve
the patronage of St. Louis theater-goers by enabling them to
enjoy, at the popular prices of ten and twenty cents, the mas-
terpieces of up-to-date motion-photography. Special care will
be taken in the censorship of all pictures, so that nothing will
be shown that may hurt the sensibilities of any, and every ef-
fort will be made to make every patron feel safe in bringing
his women folk and children with him without first inquiring
as to the propriety of the pictures on the day's programme.
"A select and competent orchestra will render appropriate
musical accompaniments to the pictures on the screen and, in
addition, a large pipe organ, now being built by Kilgen and
Sons, organ builders in this city, will, during the interludes,
furnish the choicest musical gems from the masters of ancient
and modern melody."
Fine M. P. Theater for Little Rock.
Plans are being formulated by Abe Stiewel of the Little Rock
Trust Company for the erection in Little Rock of what he
states will be the finest and largest moving picture theater south of
St. Louis. The building, which will be located at Fifth and
Spring streets, will cost, it is estimated, about $65,000, and will
be erected upon a plot of ground 150 x 150 feet. A feature
in connection with the erection of this new theater will be
a park which will be laid out by landscape artists, and will
occupy all that part of the theater grounds not used for the
erection of the building.
The preliminary work is being pushed with all rapidity. The
small buildings which at present occupy the space which will
compose the site of the theater are being moved, and Mr.
Stiewel states that he expects to let the contract for the erec-
tion of the building and the beautifying of the grounds by the
first of January. Theo. Sanders is drawing, the plans for the
building.
The cost of the new theater, according to Mr. Stiewel, will
not include the grounds, but the theater alone, which will be the
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last word in theatrical architecture. No expense will be spared
in making the building modern in the smallest detail, he de-
clares. Ihis policy will also be followed in regard to the park
which will surround the building. The park will be free to
the public and will embody the latest ideas of the landscape
artists.
The building will be occupied by the theater alone and will
not, according to the promoters, be used for, or in connection
with, anything other than moving pictures. No apartments or
storerooms will be erected in connection with the building.
Fire from Picture Theater Sweeps Village.
The following despatch to the Chicago Examiner from Mays-
ville. Mo., Dec. 21st, shows that the village has been almost
wiped out by a fire which started in the Opera House, where
moving pictures were being shown :
•'Fire which started shortly after 9:30 o'clock tonight in a
motion picture show in the opera house threatens to destroy
this town. There is no water to fight the flames and in an hour
after the fire started one side of the central square had been
destroyed and the flames are spreading rapidly.
"An overheated film caught fire in the picture show. Earl
Cundiff, manager of the show, was probably fatally burned in
rescuing his mother from the theater. Several spectators re-
ceived slight burns.
"On the south side of the square, which is entirely destroyed,
were the opera house. Bank of Maysville, drug store, grocery
and hardware store. The new four story hotel across the
street is burning. Other buildings are catching fire and the
entire business section of the town seems to be doomed. No
estimates have been made of the loss at midnight. Maysville
has a population of 1,000."
Chicago Film Brevities.
Theo. E. Clerarnons, of the Imperial Theater, Beaumont,
Texas, state organizer of the M. P. E. L. of America, for
Texas, writes that he is working hard to secure 500 new mem-
bers before Jan. i. He has mailed a circular to every exhibitor
in the state, and urges immediate membership in the League.
The World hopes that Mr. Clemmons will not be disappointed
in his expectations.
* * *
J. W. Barlow, traveling representative of the Mirror Screen
Co., Shelbyville, Ind., was in the city Friday, Dec. 20. Mr.
Barlow, who confines most of his work to Indiana, states that
(he mirror screen is widely used in the state, and more par-
ticularly in the City of Evansville. He reported good business
for exhibitors, throughout the City of Indiana.
if * *
F. G. Christian Hartman of the Omaha Film Exchange, was
in the city Dec. 17, 18 and 19. He came directly to do business
with the Kleine Optical Co. in projecting machines, supplies,
etc.
* * *
The University Theater, 191 1 W. Van Buren St., this city,
will be opened on New Years Day. Arthur Wilkins is mana-
ger and owner. The theater cost $30,000. Service will be fur-
nished by the G. F. Co.'s branch, at 429 S. Wabash Ave. Ad-
mission will be 5 cents. The Kleine Optical Co. has furnished
a Power's No. 6A, an Edison transformer and complete equip-
ment. Mr. Wilkins announces that he will build two more new
houses in the near future.
* * *
Mr. Morris Oesterreicher has sold the Le Grand, 5241 N.
'Clark St., to C. C. Spades. The Le Grand seats 775 people, and
offers a mixed program of pictures and vaudeville.
* * *
Elbert Warner, of the Warner's Feature Films, was in the
city Friday, Dec. 20, and left the same evening for Cleveland,
whence he will proceed to Pittsburgh and then to New York
City. Mr. Warner stated that "The Power of Civilization." one
of the firm's 3-reel features, will be released Jan. 5. This film
will be handled exclusively through the Warners' offices,
throughout the country.
THE CLEVELAND FILM FIGHT.
Chaotic Conditions in the Forest City a Puzzle to Pic/ure
Men.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 23. — After two weeks of bitter war-
fare between Mayor Baker and the Cleveland police force
on one side, and the film exchange men and exhibitors of
this city, a truce has been declared which is much in favor
of the latter side.
The war developed when Mayor Baker notified policemen
to act as individual censors of moving picture shows, the
result being that a score of arrests were made. The first
person tried. Miss Jean Oster, was discharged by Judge
Kramer on the ground that the affidavit filed against her
was defective. Police Prosecutor McKay at once issued
new warrants for all arrested, and their cases have been
continued until the first one is tried. Louis H. Becht, Mall
Theater owner, held for exhibiting the Liet. Petrosino pic-
tures, which, the police charge, violates the Ohio statute
prohibiting "pictures of crime or lust," demanded a jury
trial and he will go before the jurors this week. Upon the
outcome of this case depends the other cases.
The mayor and the film men held another conference
Friday, when the latter asked that police censorship be dis-
continued and a board of censorship be appointed. Attorney
Ernest Schwartz, for the exhibitors, cited the seizure the
night before of the Solax film, "The High Cost of "Living,"
and the subsequent arrest of the manager of the theater
where it was seized.
"Well, that's a crime," remarked the mayor, smiling.
"We are fighting it," said Schwartz.
Baker said he had no power to name a censor board, and
told the film men to do their own censoring. He said he
would notify the police to stop interfering.
"I am very much pleased with the progress that has
been made in eliminating the kind of films we objected to,"
he said. The facts are that none of the exchanges withdrew
any of their reels, and the only ones suppressed were those
seized by the police. The film services are much the same
now, and were during the fight, as before, and the raising
of such a hue and cry, while it will in the future no doubt
have some effect toward eliminating some very objection-
able films, has resulted in very little having already been
done, as the quality of shows before the fight was first class
and could stand little improvement, taking it as a whole.
The Humane Society's committee, which has been inves-
tigating film shows in a quiet way, suggested at the meeting
with the mayor that the city establish a department of rec-
reation, to include supervision of picture theaters.
The local exhibitors' league passed a resolution to abolish
all posters, and this order goes into effect January ist. It
is understood among the members, however, that this is not
to continue in force if it proves unsatisfactory after 30 days'
trial.
Mr. .\. Warner, of Vv'arner's Features, returned to New
York Sunday last, after a strenuous week in Cleveland. He
reports matters in a very chaotic state, and that the exhibit-
ors are entirely at the mercy of the police department, each
member of which is authorized to act as a censor of films,
using his own judgment in seizing pictures.
"LARRY" McGILL HOLDS A BARBECUE.
"Larry" McGill, representing the International Feature Film
Company of New York, in making a picture in Tampa, Fla., gave
a barbecue to several hundred persons, and says he has got
really a "big scene." He was portraying a political gathering,
which was enlivened by a debate by two political rivals. When
Mr. McGill directed the gathering to smile there was enthusi-
astic response. When the director requested his guests to mani-
fest anger they did so, but it was assumed. The picture ought
to be worth seeing.
VERSATILITY OF DIRECTOR MACDONALD.
Director Joseph Farrell MacDonald, of the Powers company,
one of the recent arrivals at Los Angeles, is making his head-
quarters at the Hollywood Studio. He has with him the follow-
ing company: Edwin August, leads; Robert Ross, juvenile
leads; character and heavy, Joseph Ray; Jeanie MacPherson,
leads ; character, Edith Bostwick. Mr. MacDonald has an in-
teresting personality and a varied experience. He has been a
civil engineer, a mining man, a cowpuncher and an actor. His
first appearance was as a minstrel where his voice stood him in
good stead. In fact so good was his voice that it was decided
that he must study music and this he did at the London Guild-
hall School of Music. He developed a basso cantante voice
which took him into comic and then grand opera. He was for
years with Dolly Catte, and sang his melodious way through
all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Then came a long period
of drama with McKee Rankin, Robert Mantell and Nance Neill
among others. He also took out his own company on tour with
"The Man of Mystery."
Mr. MacDonald's experience in the motion picture world covers
quite a period. He was first with Selig under Anderson, then
with Imp, then followed a time with his own company, the
Ajax, then Pathe, and finally the Universal.
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A Dip Into Society
A Bright Comedy Release by the Crystal Company, With
Miss Pearl White in Clever Character Comedy Role.
PEARL WHITE is the whole show in this picture. Her
acting as a household drudge is something that those
who know Miss White's style of work will hardly be
prepared for. When pretty leading women forget about
good looks and play character leads that call for ugly
features, it may be taken for granted that they are begin-
ning to take their art seriously. The amount of acting that
one expects from the usual run of leading ladies is hardly
more than may be expected from some kind of a trained
animal, and, as a rule, so long as the woman is pretty the
spectators are satisfied. But when it comes to sacrificing
beauty to do some real acting there immediately conies a
great divide — a division of leading ladies who can act from
those who cannot.
Miss White belongs to the former class, and she demon-
states it quite forcibly in this comedy. The facility with
which she can tie knots in her face puts her in a class with
that other versatile genius, Miss Florence Turner. Pearl's
role in this comedy concoction is that of "Maggie," a slov-
enly kitchen maid. The character is distinctly unattractive,
though funny. The story is all about a long-haired pianist,
Mr. Euinski, who happens to be cutting more or less of a
dash in more or less high society. Maggie's social aspira-
horrcir, and ^ister's revenge is complete, as is also brother's,
who has handed himself a big laugh in the bargain.
The remainder of the reel contains a shorter comedy,
entitled "The Fake Gas Man," all of which will be released
on January igth.
Scene from "A Dip Into Society" (Crystal).
tions, at the opening of the story, have never risen much
above her own class. To be precise, she is at that very time
smitten with the physical grace of the gentlemanly butler,
apparently with indifferent success. Meanwhile the pianist,
Bumski, is making great inroads upon the affections of the
unmarried mistress of the house, much to the disgust of the
brother of said mistress.
The brother is a sort of man of the world — one who has
little use for such a "sissified" specimen of masculinity as
the long-haired Bumski. He concocts a plan to be rid of
him, and enlists Maggie, the servant, as his principal weapon
of attack. He procures for her an evening gown and bids
her to be ready to enter high society when Bumski appears
at the house that night. This scheme has the effect of
arousing in Maggie the germ of social ambition which has
lain dormant in her system throughout her life. Arrayed
in her evening gown, she is wonderfully improved, but suf-
fers an attack of near-sightedness and loss of memory to
the extent that she can scarcely see the butler, or even
remember him. much to the butler's great chagrin.
Bumski calls at evening, and Maggie is introduced to him
by the brother while his sister stands b\', ready to yank out
Maggie's hair at the slightest provocation. This is all an
insult to her, which she determines to avenge in the short-
est possible time. As the evening goes on Maggie gets
along beautifully with Bumski. because he is more in her
class than any other. Maggie likes him all but his hair and
mustache. Bumski leaves the house forthwith to sacrifice
his lengthy locks for her sweet sake. Next day the sister
has her revenge. Bumski calls on his new afiinity, and the
sister leads him to the kitchen, where Maggie is upon her
knees massaging the floor with soap and water. When
Bumski sees Maggie in her proper sphere he flees in holy
"A TAMMANY BOARDER": A BURLESQUE (Eclair).
The Eclair studio has produced a single reel comedy which
will make many laughs. The film is plainly entitled just
what it is — a burlesque. A man who from all external evi-
dences is a real bad one from the wildest and wooliest West,
carrying, in fact, two guns, stops at a boarding house. His
only baggage is concealed in an enormous basket. The
boarder puts in one night at his new home. In the morning
he informs his landlady that he is going down to the saloon,
but that the baggage will serve as his sponsor. The land-
lady is from Missouri, and is naturally anxious to see what
sort of contents there are in the mysterious receptacle. It
does not take her long to ascertain when the lid is off. A
good husky tiger bounds out into the room, and is in com-
Scene from "A Tammany Boarder" (Eclair).
mand of the house. He gets into the dining room and be-
fore he makes his exit he has upset the' table and about
everything else. The animal goes to the room of an Eng-
lish tourist (Alec Francis), and the gentleman with the ele-
gant whiskers takes refuge in a folding-bed closet. This-
goes to the floor along with the rest of the movable articles.
His Tammanyship visits two of the girls, and they are badly
frightened before they get the door closed. In another
room one of the girls crawls under the bedclothes. The
animal bounds across the bed, making use of the huddled
figure as a human springboard.
Later, when about everybody in the household is in a
state of collapse it occurs to the tourist, who has in the
meantime been rescued from the closet in a rather flattened
condition, to repair to the saloon and obtain the assistance
of the owner of the animal. The Tammany boarder is
eventually safely secured in his basket.
"BETHLEHEM" WELCOMED IN CHICAGO.
Almost too exhibitors and churchmen were present in the
projection room of the Majestic Film Service, 216 N. 5th Ave.,
Chicago, on Friday, Dec. 20, when an advance exhibition of
Thanhouser's "Star of Bethlehem" was given by Manager R.
C. Seery. The picture will be used in many Illinois churches
after it has toured the theaters, according to Mr. Seery. He
states that ministers of all denominations have expressed an
interest in it. Rev. G. W. Hinkle, of Waterloo, Iowa, wired C.
J. Hite. of Thanhouser, as follows on Dec. 23:
"Star of Bethlehem was given in Christ Episcopal
Church. The impression made upon the great audience
was a reverent appreciation. All felt that they were at
a religious service. The value cannot be over-esti-
mated."
At Des Moines. la., Rev. Geo. P. Magill presented the pic-
ture to his Centre Presbyterian Church, through the courtesy
of Manager Duffy, of the Mutual office in Des Moines. Charles
Namur, a local exhibitor, furnished the machine and operator.
It was the first motion picture ever shown at that particular
church.
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ForeigTi Trade Notes
BRITISH NOTES.
By Our Own Correspondent.
The difficulty to produce in Britain films comparable to
those from American or Continental studios is one of old
standing and a continual sore spot to the home trade. Ihe
problem is neither financial nor experimental, but scientific.
In brief, as soon as science makes the intensification of
atmosphere possible, then can we hope to screen produc-
tions with the clarity and brilliance of those by foreign
makers, but made in Britain. Personally, I have both seen
and heard of many untiring and admirable attempts by
indefatigable workers to establish successful studios in vari-
ous parts of the island. To designate one and all indiscrimi-
nately as being unsuccessful in their results would not -only
be unfair but untrue. Yet, on the other hand, none can
really claim success as it is imported from the U. S. A.,
despite the praiseworthy attempts. In the months of June
and July, when the light here is most actinic, a few very
fair subjects, humorous and dramatic, have been filmed on
the south coast, where the light is strongest. The Hep-
worth, Clarendon, Barker, Cricks & Martin, Cosmopolitan,
Empire and the British Kinemacolor patentees have been
the principal producers during the past summer.
Until a few months ago a studio in the north of England
was as rare as the dodo. Now, however, what I should
state as the most pretentious move in the home production
department has recently been made by the director of the
New Century Picture Company, Mr. S. Carter. This gentle-
man, who has been associated with the industry since its
infancy, some time ago decided to try his hand in the pro-
duction of films comparable to those imported, and as he
himself tor, rather, his company) is a large importer of
foreign stock, it was realized from the first that the lighting
would be the prime point. Accordingly a suitable site was
selected high on the famous Yorkshire moors, literally sand-
wiched between heather and sky, and a studio theater on
the American principle is, according to latest reports, being
erected. Meanwhile a few experimental lengths have been
released, and those I have seen have been more satisfactory
from a technical standpoint than any other I have seen among
British productions.
The Christmas rush here is, as everywhere, a fight for
the field. "Cinderella" has been released by three diiiferent
companies, and at one theater in a provincial town "Cin-
derella." "Babes in the Wood'' and "Jack and the Beanstalk"
are being shown as a special Christmas show. Is not this
overdoing the pantomime idea a little?
An amazing — in some cases amusing — feature of the recent
development of the picture show here has been the conver-
sion of every conceivable form of building into the modern
picture hall. Saloons (or, as they are better known here,
pubs), clubrooms, and even chapels are every-day examples,
and arouse no comment. A stable and a blacksmith shop
are perhaps a little more out of the mediocre, but even not
so startling as the announcement made yesterday by a sub-
urban purveyor of fried fish and stewed eels that in future
his business would assume the shape and form of an ani-
mated picture show. One of his showcards, "Fresh Supplies
Daily," may now come into its truthful vocation.
Mr. Siegmund Lubin is at present enjoying a short tour
around our metropolis, Paris and Berlin. It is rumored
in the trade that the visit of the Western manufacturer
foreshadows an important development of the European
business of the firm.
Mr. E. H. Montagu, the very much alive agent for Selig's,
is offering to pay the expenses to London of anyone who
will substantiate ^n adverse criticism of two forthcoming
Selig releases, "Monte Cristo" and "The Kings of the
Forest."
NEW ZEALAND NOTES.
From Letter of Fred Foley.
The continuous picture house is making itself known
quietly. I think the first to open in New Zealand was about
eighteen months ago in Wellington, a city of approximately
80,000, including suburbs. Now there are four continuous
houses and three permanent nightly houses. Prices charged
by the continuous shows here are sixpence and threepence,
equivalent to 12c and 6c. I think New Zealand boasts in
all of about twelve continuous picture houses and some
building.
At the permanent picture houses, six nights a week and
one matinee, two and one-quarter hours nightly, prices are
one shilling and sixpence, one shilling, and sixpence, or
equivalent of 35c, 25c and 12c. At above class of houses
programs are changed twice weekly. Previous to the per-
manent picture houses, about eight or ten years ago, the
touring picture men charged three shillings, two shillings
and one shilling, or 75c, 50c and 25c.
You ask if .-Vmerican films are popular. Well! you should
just be in the audience when John Bunny makes his appear-
ance. Helen Gardiner also has her admirers away out here
in the antipodes and Miss Florence Turner too has a big
following. -Another popular picture actor with New Zealand
audiences is Essanay's .Anderson. New Zealand audiences
are keen and critical and splendid showgoers.
There are perhaps half a dozen picture supply houses in
New Zealand, the largest being Messrs. John Fuller & Sons.
This firm controls fifteen or more permanent picture houses,
witli seating capacity of 800 to 2,000.
THE SCREEN CLUB WILL HOLD A BALL.
The Screen Club will hold a ball. The Board of Governors
has so decided, and the arrangements have been accordingly put
up to the Ecntertainment Committee. At a meeting on Mon-
day night of the latter committee it was decided to hold the
affair in the week following Easter Sunday if a suitable hall
could be procured, or the first available date thereafter. The
price of the tickets has been set at two dollars for each couple,
e.xtra tickets for women to be one dollar each. There will be
a stage entertainment for an hour and a half probably, in which
the entire club will appear, probably through the medium of a
minstrel show.
The members of the entertainment committee are Victor
Smith, chairman; George Terwilliger, Harry R. Raver, Pierce
Kingsley, J. H. Gerhardt, Darwin Karr. Maurice Costello, Calder
Johnstone, C. Jay Williams, William Bob" Daly, Arthur John-
son, George Blaisdell, Bert Adler, P. Thad Volkman, William
Garwood, Charles .Abrams, Alfred H. Saunders, C. A. ("Doc") .
Willat, Hopp Hadley, William Quirk.
On sub-committees the following are chairmen; Hall, Victor
Smith; program, Charles Abrams; publicity, Calder Johnstone;
printing. Worthy Butts.
The stage entertainment will be under the direction of William
"Bob" Daly; and there need be no fear that there will be a dull
moment while "Bob" is in command of the ship. He already
has framed up some stunts that will make an audience sit up
and take notice.
A. I. C. P. DEFENDS FILM.
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of
the Poor is now to be numbered among the innocent victims
of the New York Evening World's moving picture crusade.
Charging that manufacturers of films were issuing Holiday
programs "mixing flashy with sacred subjects," the newspaper
said ;
"Another company offers 'The Star of Bethlehem.'
The week before it offered 'Brains vs. Brawn' and 'The
Other Half."
The "Brains vs Brawn" in mention was a simple comedy,
in which a brainy man outpoints an athlete who aspires to
the hand of a certain beauteous maiden. "The Other Half,"
was issued by Mr. Hite in special co-operation with the A. I.
C. P. Officers of the latter have written to the crusading news-
paper in defense of the film, which they say is a most clean de-
piction of the adventures of an East Side family and merely
shows the advantages of systematized charity over indiscrim-
inate almsgiving.
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR OHIO STATE CONVENTION.
The big annual state convention of Oliio is causing the exhibit-
ors all over the state to get busy. Great enthusiasm is apparent
everywhere in the state. The motion picture exhibitors of Ohio
now realize that they have a chance to secure a square deal for
the first time in the history of the organization. They propose
to present such progressive bills to the legislature as will meet
the approval of the people of Ohio as well as the motion picture
exhibitors. It is confidently expected that tliere will be at least
one thousand exhibitors in the city of Columbus on the 2lst and
22nd of January, 1913. Letters are pouring into the state presi-
dent's office stating that the writer will be at the convention. The
only program that will be gotten out for the convention will be a
very small one announcing the time and date of convention and
the entertainment to be given. The program will be as follows :
January 21st, 1913, the convention will be called to order at
1.30 p. m. at Southern Hotel hall, to adjourn at S p. m. Will
again meet at 7.30 p. m., where pictures, vaudeville and other
entertainment will be given until 9 p. m., when all will go to the
Colonial Theatre and enjoy a splendid entertainment arranged
for them by the local committee.
At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 22nd, the conven-
tion will meet in executive session, and will adjourn promptly at
11.30 a. m., and on the invitation of Gov. J. M. Cox will proceed
to march in a body to the capitol, where Governor Co.x and his
staff will be in waiting to receive them. After paying their re-
spects to the Governor they will with the Governor go in a body
to the front of the state capitol, where a motion picture will be
taken, then they will adjourn until 1.30 p. m., when another
executive session will be held. At 7.30 p. m. the night of the 22nd
a big banquet will be given in the large, beautifully decorated
dining room of the Southern Hotel, where it is expected not less
than five hundred will partake of the bountiful feast prepared
by the Southern Hotel. Gov. J. M. Cox, Sen. J. B. Foraker.
National Attorney ; J. J. Lentz, Associate Attorney, and several
other distinguished speakers will be present. Mr. M. A. Neff will
act as toastmaster. During the banquet arrangements have been
made to secure some of the most attractive and pleasing artists,
in the vaudeville world to assist in the entertainment. If there
is no time left after the banquet is over, the National Vice-Presi-
dent's Committee will meet on the morning of the 23rd of Jan-
uary, and remain in session until the executive business is
transacted. It will probably take more than one day to get
through with the National Committee's business, as many things
of great importance will come before the committee.
The first day meeting will be an open one. Everybody is in-
vited. All of the manufacturers, film men and those who are
not members of our League are invited. In fact, everybody that
has an interest in the uplift of cinematography will be welcome.
The Committee on Local Arrangements appointed by the State
President are as follows : Clem Kerr, Dayton, Ohio, Chairman ;
John Pekras, Dreamland Theater, Columbus, First Vice-Chair-
man ; W. R. Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, Second Vice-Chairman ;
J. W. Swain, Pastime Theater, Secretary; Max Stearn, Exhibit
Theater, Treasurer ; J. H. Maddox, Colonial Theater, Chairman
of Press Committee.
The convention will be held under one roof. There will be
ample time given for all to see the exhibits, as every exhibit
will be in the lobby of the hotel, or in the parlo., or on the second
floor, where there is plenty of room for the exhibition of goods.
A reasonable price will be charged, and as there will be no pro-
gram advertising, all who wish space to exhibit their goods are
requested to write to M. A. Neff, No. 1003 Mercantile Library
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, and diagrams and prices will be fur-
nished. First come, first served. The Dayton Convention was a
large one; the Columbus Convention will be second to none that
has ever been held. There will be no delay or confusion and no
room for complaint. .A. Bureau of Information will be estab-
lished at the west end of the LInion Depot, which will furnish all
information to those attending the convention. A Reservation
Committee will be in waiting, and a committee on securing new
members and a committee to arrange for the comfort and con-
NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS OF NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUE.
Top Row (left to right)— E. E. De Long, State Organizer; ; J. W. Bullinger, Secretary; P. L. McCarthy, First Vice-
President; E. C. Preston, Treasurer. Front Row — W. F. Stoecher, President; M. A. Neff, National President; J. E.
Scblauk, National Vice-President.
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vcnience of the ladies attending. In fact there will be committees
to look after the comfort and wishes of everybody attending the
convention, and it is proposed to make this convention one of the
grandest and most pleasant conventions possible.
A special invitation is given to all the newspapermen, and
they will be given every assistance possible to secure all the news
to keep the public advised on all that is being done.
MEETING OF NEW JERSEY LEAGUE.
The Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Xew Jersey
will hold its next state meeting on Monday, January 6th,
at 10 a.m., at the Pabst Hotel, 12 Green Street, Newark,
N. J. This will be an important meeting, and every mem-
ber of the league should consider it his duty to be present.
At this meeting definite plans will be adopted for the cam-
paign for a legal Sunday opening in New Jersey. There
will be outlined also a plan of procedure for the purpose
of nullifying the 16-year children's admissioh law. Other
matters of importance to state exhibitors will be taken up.
The session will not be a long one, and business will be
expedited. Following the session there will be a luncheon
served at the hotel, and if a sufficient number of exhibitors
are on hand there will be a beefsteak dinner instead of a
luncheon. New Jersey exhibitors reading this article who
did not read President Robinson's ideas in last week's issue
are especially advised to do so.
FOLKS ORDINANCE BEFORE MAYOR GAYNOR.
Attitude of New York's Chief Executive Indicates That He
May Veto Censorship Joker Attached to the Bill.
A HEARING on the Folks ordinance, was held in the pres-
ence of Hon. Wm. J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, at
the City Hall, Tuesday, Dec. 24. This bill was passed by
the Board of Aldermen on Dec. 16. It contains a number of
clauses dealing with structural improvements vvhich, if the
measure becomes a law, will benefit the exhibition business of
the city immensely. It will be of particular benefit to the smaller
exhibitors who are at present obliged to limit their seating
capacity to 299, inasmuch as it will set the maximum seating
capacity of exhibition halls, not classed as theaters, at 600.
Another of the good features of the bill is that it automatically
does away with cheap vaudeville. At the last moment a censor-
ship clause was tacked on to the ordinance by Alderman Dow-
ling ; evidently with the intention of rendering the bill un-
constitutional.
Those who spoke in favor of the censorship clause were
Canon Chase, of Brooklyn; Wm. J. Morrison, president Brook-
lyn Teachers Assn. J. Lewis Hartsock, of the Methodist Min-
isters Assn. ; George R. Brennan of the Brooklyn Young Re-
publican Club; Mrs. Gilbert H. Montague, Women's Municipal
League; Dr. Walter Laidlaw, Secretary of the Federation of
Churches, and the Rev. Charles H. Gilbert of the Social Service
Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York.
A letter from Cardinal Farley in favor of the clause was also
read. Those speaking against the clause were Alderman Folks,
who introduced the bill; Joseph M. Price of the Recreation
Alliance and Michael J. Furst, member of the Mayor's Com-
mittee. It is probable, from the Mayor's remarks, that he
will sign the structural parts of the ordinance and veto the cen-
sorship clause.
During the hearing the Mayor expressed opinions that are
greatly to his credit. They show him to be a man of broad
mind and human principles. He seems to he quite well aware
that the general public wants the motion picture, and it is en-
tirely believable that much of the censure that he has endured
has come from agitators with axes to grind, and that they have
reviled him because he has refused to turn the grindstone for
them. There is wisdom in what he had to say, which follows
in part:
"Our forefathers abolished the censorship and declared for
freedom of speech and a free press. Now, apparently, you
want all these things and yet you are arguing for a specific cen-
sorship. Have we the right and the power to censor pictures
in this way' If we carried it (the censorship of pictures) out,
wouldn't we have a right to say what pictures should appear
in the press? The Constitution of the State says: 'No law
shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or
of the press.' I haven't any objection to this ordinance, but it's
a new thing. An attempt to censor the press has never been
made in this State. If this ordinance is legal here it may be
equally applicable to the press if the Aldermen choose to pass
it. For all I know this ordinance might deprive us of a per-
sonal liberty."
The Mayor, also indicated his disbelief in the theory that
boys are driven to crime bv the things they see in the shows.
President William J. Morrison of the Brooklyn Teachers' As-
sociation, produced two revolvers, two knives and a pair of
handcuffs taken from boys in his school who were addicted to
the "movie'' habit.
"One of these knives," he said, "was used to stab another
boy; and this pistol was used by six boys who had just wit-
nessed a holdup scene in moving pictures. One of them said :
'Let's grab bags.' The boys then went out, held up a little girl
and seized her pocketbook. I think that is evidence enough as
to the cause of crime in that case."
"Are you sure such things as that done by boys are caused
by moving pictures?" asked Mr. Gaynor. "I am not at all sure
of it. When I was a boy we used to do them too."
The censorship clause, introduced by Alderman Dowling pro-
vided that the Board of Education should be given the power
to censor all motion pictures. Immediately the question of the
legality of such a proceeding was raised on the introduction of
the amendment by Alderman Marx. He pointed out definitely
that the Board of Aldermen has no right, legally or otherwise,
to prescribe new duties for the Board of Education. He is
right on that point, and Alderman Folks did not oppose the
amendment very strenuously, knowing that the Mayor has
power, under Section 40 of the City Charter, to sign the
original bill and veto the censorship clause. He is relying
upon the good sense of the Mayor to see through this trans-
parent effort to invalidate the ordinance and veto the joker
while signing: the measure as originally drafted. The Mayor's
remarks signify quite clearly that he will do this, therefore the
general run of New York exhibitors "should not worry," and
to all appearances they are not.
A PROTEST THAT FAILED.
Chief of Custortis Halstead Declines to Hold Up "The
Miracle."
The attempt of Mr. A. H. Woods, the theatrical agent and
producer, to stop the importation into this country of more
copies of "The Miracle," the well-known mystery play in moving
pictures, has failed signally according to dispatches from Wash-
ington. It appears that Mr. Woods claimed the sole and exclu-
sive right to a moving picture representation of the famous old
legend. On his protest three new prints of The Miracle con-
signed to Henry G. Schultz of the New York Film Company
were held up by the custom house authorities and Mr. Schultz
was invited to attend a hearing before the Chief of the Cus-
toms, Mr. Halstead. Mr. Schultz was heard at length. He con-
ceded that Woods had in July of this year registered a dramatic
production which he called "The Miracle." "It is entirely pos-
sible, though .wholly bootless to register, say the story of Gene-
sis as a dramatic production. That would not prevent any
man from filming the story of Genesis. I have brought with
me and now submit to you the Grimm edition of "The Glories
of Mary," by St. Alphonsus de Liguori. By looking at page
197 of the first volume you will find the complete story of The
Miracle. St. Alphonsus wrote it in 1750, and he drew his in-
formation from The Lives of the Saints by the Bollandists, who
started their work in the early part of the seventeenth century
and drew their information from numberless old legends ante-
dating the invention of printing."
Chief of Customs Halstead decided to instruct the New York
Custom House to release the protested films. The Miracle has
been exhibited by a number of large theaters in all sections of
the country. The attorney of Mr. Woods has made some threats,
but no actual interference was attempted anywhere.
WARNING TO CHICAGO EXHIBITORS!
The Masko Film Company informs us that an unauthorized
person, named Booth, has offered to book their four reel pro-
duction of Blanche Walsh in "Resurrection" with exhibitors in
Chicago and vicinity. As this picture is fully protected by
United States copyright, exhibitors are liable to heavy damages
under the law if the film be rented from an unauthorized per-
son.
The exhibitor can be of great service to the manufacturer
if he will compel the State right owner to exhibit his authority
before booking a State right feature. All manufacturers give
such written authority to their State right owners and the latter
would only be too pleased to exhibit same. The authorized
owners of Blanche Walsh in "Resurrection" in the City of Chi-
cago are the M. & F. Feature Film Service.
NEW THEATER AT SOUTHINGTON, CONN.
D. O. Coleman opened a new 600-seat house devoted exclu-
sively to pictures at Southington, Conn., on Saturday, De-
cember 28th. He purchased, through J. H. Hallberg, a
Power's 6-A with Hallberg Standard A. C. Economizer; a
two-machine asbestos booth and a full line of supplies. Mr.
Hallberg also shipped a Power's 6-A to B. E. 'Wilson, New
Hartford, N. Y., and a Motiograph to H. Mulkey, Clarendon,
Texas.
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"OUTWITTING A RIVAL" (Great Northern).
The genuine humor incorporated in this comedy is cal-
culated to make a strong appe;il lo lovers of this form of
entertainment. The makers claim that it is one of the best
they have produced, and the Great Northern Company has
presented many of the sterling brand. During a visit to
America, the family of Mr. Johnson, a wealthy German
manufacturer, meet an American who is possessed of con-
siderable money and whose name is Anderson. Alice is
the only daughter of the Johnson household and is in love
with Mark, who is a journalist and blessed with an abun-
dance of good looks. Soon after the return of the Johnsons
from their American tour, they receive a telegram from
Anderson, the American, apprising them of the fact that he
has just arrived from America and intends paying them a
visit. Soon thereafter he sends a photograph of himself,
so that Alice may more closely study the features of the
man who is about to propose for her hand. Mrs. Johnson
is delighted, but Alice and her father never have had
any great regard for the American suitor. As may well be
sensibilities. He is ejected by Mark, the young journalist,
and after mamma has given her consent, papa Johnson
grants the customary paternal blessing to Mark and Alice,
"Bless You, My Children." Anderson does pot return.
Scene from "Outwitting a Rival" (Great Northern).
imagined, Mark, the journalist, is chagrined and disturbed
in mind. While he is paying a visit to the Johnson home
the father, mother and daughter excuse themselves and
leave him alone while they go to the railway station to meet
Anderson. Mark is struck with a happy idea. He sends a
wire to Anderson in care of the station master in one of
the towns the latter must pass through requesting him to
alight at Junction station, some four or five miles away.
Then he sends word to his friend Lund, an actor, to come
to him in all haste. The conspiracy is soon hatched., Lund
is shown the photograph of Anderson and proceeds to make
up to resemble him. When he has finished, the likeness is
remarkable.
Anderson follows instructions and gets off at Junction
station, but he finds no one to greet him. He waits for an
hour or more and then resumes his journey to the city in
which the Johnsons reside. In the meantime Johnson, his
wife and daughter have grown tired of waiting for the
American and return to their home. Shortly after their ar-
rival Lund, the actor, appears and is greeted as Anderson.
He has been in the house but a few minutes when he pro-
ceeds to drink all the liquor in sight, embrace Mrs. Johnson,
overturn vases and otherwise make a spectacle of himself.
.'Kfter a time he is ejected and Mrs. Johnson is obliged to
admit that her choice of a husband for her daughter has been
a mistake. Then Anderson finds his way into the family
home and the reception he receives is calculated to jar his
"THE HEIRESS." (Essanay).
Of all the comedy films released for the last few months-
the "Heiress" is without a doubt one of the best. The situa-
tions are unique, the portrayal excellent and the plot ex-
ceedingly interesting.
Jimmy, the impecunious, arrives at the club, where his-
fellow members are engaged in a game of cards. He helps
himself to a cigarette and borrows a five spot from one of
the boys in the same breath. Paxter, a fellow club member,
receives a message from the family doctor, stating that he had
better return to his home immediately. Arriving at home
he sends a message to the boys at the club, telling them that
the heiress has arrived and, that some of the nice marriage-
able fellows had better come up and meet her. Enthused
with the spirit of being "near uncles," they buy everything
from a rattle to a rocking horse, and with the cargo under
Scene from "The Heiress" (Essanay).
their arms, swarm in upon the new father. In their excite-
ment, they leave the message on the table at the club. Jimmy
picks it up and returning to his home, dresses for the un-
usual occasion of meeting an "heiress." Out of funds, he
returns to the club, where he makes a small touch. Return-
ing to his home again, Jimmy takes all of his eartlily belong-
ings and proceeds to a pawn shop with them. He then calls
at Baxter's home and, mistaking the maid for the heiress,
invites her out to dine. With his roll of hard earned money
be buys the best of everything for her from soup to wine.
Mason, one of the club members, sees Jimmy and the girl,
and tells Baxter about it. They all go to the restaurant,
where Jimmy introduces the girl to his friends as his fiancee.
Baxter invites them all to his home. The second maid
brings in the baby and, the proud father introduces the baby
to Jimmy as the heiress, and explains that the young lady
Jimmy has been dining with is his maid. Realizing his
terrible mistake, Jimmy dashes madly from the house, leav-
ing behind a heart-broken imaginary heiress, and a hilarious -
congregation of club colleagues.
John Steppling portrays the part of Jimmy in a most
pleasing manner. E. H. Calvert as the proud father of the
heiress, distinguishes himself admirably. The story is an >
absolute laugh of a thousand feet.
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A Frontier Providence
By George Blaisdell.
1^ this two-reel Bison subject Otis Turner has -produced
something that is as novel as it is thrilling in the way
of Western melodrama. To be sure, a Bison director
is in possession of a rare cfjuipnient for the doing of big
things. There are good i)eople to call out for the leads, there
are cavalrymen, and there are Indians, red ones, grim, stolid;
there are wonderful rolling grassy landscapes and wooded
mountain sides every detail of which under the matchless
California sun and in tlie crystal atmosphere is sharply
defined.
"A- Frontier Providence" has many strong situations. The
strongest, of course, is wdiere the two men, one of them dis-
abled, and a woman take refuge in a cabin against the at-
tacking Indians, who from a hill behind the house hurl
down upon the roof great stones and burning brands. The
red men are cautious of exposing themselves. If in the open,
they are always running. They comport themselves as would
men who have respect for ball cartridges as distinguished
from the blank sort. There is real Indian atmosphere. The
statement holds equally good of the situation outside of the
hotel, where the settlers and the Indians are grouped about
the quarreling ranch owner and the intoxicated Indian chief.
In the cast there is to be noted a circumstance that lends
realism and interest — mother and daughter are portrayed
by a mother and her daughter — Eugenia Forde and Victoria
Scene from "A Frontier Providence" (Bison).
Forde. There will be those who, unaware of the actual
relationship existing between these two fine actresses, will
feel inclined to believe the woinan portraying the mother too
young for the part; which will go to prove that it is unsafe
to be too set in our judgments. Charles Inslee well sus-
tains the part of Bill French, the ranch owner who makes
all the trouble. E. E. Thilbrook is a convincingly true-to-life
ranch hand. Harry Tenbrook has the role of Young Bear.
Tom, a ranch hand, meets Edna Lee carrying a pail of
water from the well. In a short dialogue we see that the
two are in love. Tom rides away and Edna starts to the
house. French appears and offers to carry the pail. The
girl refuses to permit him. French attempts to embrace
Edna. Tom, riding back, interferes and French is knocked
down. The ranch owner in ugly mood goes to the village,
enters the saloon, invites everybody in and gets into an
argument with the chief, who has declared himself in on
the invitation. The old Indian is thrown out. His son tries
to pacify him, but fails. Later the quarrel is renewed and
the chief is shot. Young Bear, now chief, calls his followers
to war as soon as his father is buried according to the Indian
custom.
Edna, with her father and mother, start for the town in
the wagon. Tom, setting out to get stock, bids the three
goodby. .\t the brow of a hill he sees the Indians coming
and hurries back to warn the Lees. It does not take Tom
long to reach them, as there has been a very lively runaway,
the wagon has broken in two and the father sustained a
broken leg. The injured man is helped to a cabin nearby.
Edna takes Tom's horse and rides for help, her lover
remaining with the father and mother. While the redmen
are attacking the cabin from all sides, keeping a discreet
distance, Edna rides until her horse, covered with foam,
collapses. French comes upon her, but declines to give her
his horse that she may continue her way to the fort. He
will help lier only if she will marry him first. In her terror
she agrees and climbs to the back of French's horse. The
two go to a justice of the peace and are married. Then the
alariTi is given and the troops set out.
Back at the cabin there are stirring scenes. Young
Bear, impatient at the failure of his men to capture the tliree
defenders of the cabin, gets to the roof and is tumbled into
the cabin through a shot from Tom. The Indian is disarmed.
When the troops approach the Indians retire. Young Bear
remains unnoticed. With the troops are the two just married.
Edna confesses to Tom what she has done. The Indian has
been getting around behind French. He has picked up a
knife. As the ranch owner turns he sees the Indian about to
strike. His pistol is just too late. The two fall together.
The indications are that Tom will marry a widow if not
a maid.
"THE MEXICAN SPY" (Lubin).
The Mexican Spy is a two-reel special to be released by the
Lubin Company, January 17th. It is a dramatic story typical
of the army life of Mexico and the L'nited States. Tfie scenes
are laid on the border and constitute a powerful lesson
against gambling, which is only too common among the
officers. The picture is made with every attention to tlie
local and military atmosphere of the two republics.
Mary Lee, the daughter of the paymaster, is in love with Col-
onel Loring's son, Tom, he is a reckless chap given to gambling
and other bad habits. Marv endeavors to reform him, but
Scene from "A Mexican Spy" (Lubin).
unsuccessfully. At last Tom steals $5,000 from the paymaster's
safe to pay a gambling debt to Senor Luis Rivera, who is a
Mexican spy. Rivera offers to return the money if Tom will
steal the plans of the fortifications from the office of the Col-
onel. The deal is made and Tom secures the plans. Mary
discovers the treason and by pledging her jewels gives her
lover the money, and forces him to return the papers. Tom
later joins the army on the border and Mary receives an ap-
pointment as a Red Cross nurse. One day she is sent to a
distant point and when the wagon pulls up for the trip she
finds that Tom is the driver. The wagon is attacked by Mexi-
cans with Rivera in command. A battle ensues in which Tom
is badly wounded, but ^Mary nurses him back to life. For
bravery he is made a lieutenant, and for love wins his old sweet-
heart.
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"LOVE UNCONQUERABLE" (C. G. P. C)-
In another sketch written by himself, Max Linder is with
us again and sure to provide his many friends with an op-
portunity to enjoy twenty minutes of good, hearty laughter.
The film, entitled "Love Unconquerable," is in a way a sequel
to the very successful "Unskillful Skater," and like the latter
is produced by C. G. P. C. It will be released January 7th.
Max, a struggling artist with a joyous disposition, wins the
love of Aimee La Farge. However, he has yet to win the
consent of Aimee's father, a retired banker, and this proves
to be a difficult job. The old gentleman flatly refuses to
consider Max's application for membership in his family and
Max decides to win by persistency. Wherever Aimee and
her father are, there also is Max much to La Farge's uncon-
cealed annoyance. The old man ' has a bright idea to rid
Scene from "Love Unconquerable" (C. S. P. C).
himself of Max. He hurriedly informs his daughter that
they are to start immediately for the Alps. On the ice at the
mountain resort La Farge is awkwardly skating with his
daughter when he collides with — Max. Both men get to their
feet and flounder around with their arms about each other.
It is in this scene that Max shows the cleverness that has
made him deservedly popular.
The following morning, bright and early, the banker takes
his daughter with him on a mountain climbing expedition.
At a high point he slips and falls. Aimee screams for help
and her call is answered by — Max. Max proves that he is a
business man as well as a hero when he extracts the old
man's promise to give his consent to the marriage in payment
for his rescue.
Comedy is the life of any program and good comedy is
rare, therefore you should book this film on January 7th.
EXCHANGE MEN ORGANIZE.
There have been several meetings held in Chicago by
a number of exchange men, who have formed an organization
to be known as the Independent Exchange Company. ^ The
purposes of the organization, as outlined by its president,
William H. Qldknow, are solely of a protective nature. Noth-
ing of a radical nature is intended.
"It is true that various exchange men from throughout the
country have organized," said Mr. Qldknow, "but the state-
ment that we anticipate withdrawing from the ranks of
those buying from the Universal Film Company is absolutely
without foundation and is unauthorized. Our organization
is one which has been formed for the sole purpose of pro-
tection and for the general improvement of the exchange busi-
ness and all concerned. There is absolutely no disaflfection
with the service we are now securing from the Universal
Company, and, quite to the contrary, we are proud of the
programme we are now privileged to offer."
Mr. Oldknow, Mr. Frank Bailey, of Butte, Mont., Mr. Bert
Crumpacker, of Seattle, and Sol Lesser of San Francisco have
been in New York for the past week looking over the sit-
uation.
IMPORTANT FOR JERSEY EXHIBITORS.
The True Feature Company having acquired the New Jersey
rights for the exhibition of The Miracle will be glad to hear
from Jersey exhibitors with a view to booking. Complete in-
formation and sample paper may be had on application to The
True Feature Companv, Box 219 Madison Square Station, New
York City.
"BRONCHO BILLY AND 1 HE MAID" (Essanay).
Mr. G. M. Anderson in his world famous character creation
of "Broncho Billy," distinguishes himself admirably in the
story of "Broncho Billy and the Maid." Jim Clay, a rough
Western ranchman, kisses his beautiful daughter goodbye,
and departs for the town saloon. Entering, he sees four
of his comrades finishing a game of cards. Broncho Billy,
one of them, wins all the money. Clay exits and seats himself
on a barrel in front of the place. Jironcho, with his winnings,
ueparts from the saloon, meets Clay and together they pro-
ceed to the ranchman's home. Broncho is introduced to
Clay's daugliter, who at the time of their arrival is pre-
paring the rioon day meal. The ranchman and Broncho
engage in a game of cards. Broncho detects Davis taking
some cards from his boot. A fight ensues in which the ranch-
man is shot in the head and Broncho in the leg. The
Scene from "Broncho Billy and the Maid" (Essanay).
daughter hearing the tumult, rushes into the room to aid her
father. Broncho has escaped. Crawling on his hands and
knees he finally reaches the stable where he manages to
climb into an oat bin. The girl, thinking only of her wounded
father, secures a revolver, and tracks Broncho by the drops
of blood. Finding him in an exhausted condition, she drags
him into a store-cellar and washes and bandages his wound.
Later, when Broncho has almost recovered from his wound,
she gives him a revolver and tells him to go. Clay swears
vengeance. Seeing Broncho leave the cellar he rushes after
him. His daughter, fearful of her father's safetj'. because of
Broncho's quick draw, intervenes and prevents him from
being shot. She then tells her father that she loves Broncho.
Seeing that it would be madness to bear grievance against
Broncho, Clay shakes hands with him and the feud is ended.
Superlative features as the above are aristocratical in every
detail. This production is booked for release Saturday,
January 4th.
Archibald Mac.A.rthur, Jr., who has been in Chicago for
the past two months for the Moving Picture World, was
in New York for the Christmas holidays. He returned to
Chicago, Friday, December 27th.
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PALEY RELIEF FUND.
Repeated attention has been called by the Moving Picture
World to the unfortunate condition of that famous veteran
of the motion picture business Mr. William Paley, who is
now crippled and destitute in Los Angeles, Cal., and de-
pendent upon the favor of friends. As before told in the
World Mr. Palej' met with an accident while in the employ
of the Nestor Company, the result of which has been weeks
of suffering and the loss of a foot. In this crippled condition
it is hardly possible that he will be able to continue in the
harness. Mr. Paley is about 65 years old and has a wife
of about the same age dependent upon him. It is an un-
fortunate condition but one that can be lightened by his
friends. The Moving Picture World is pleased to say that
some of these have already come to his assistance. The
following is a list of contributions known to The World:
Mr. Nicholas Power $100.00
Reel Club (Los Angeles) loo.oo
David Horsley 25.00
Moving Picture World 25.00
Staff of Moving Picture World 25.00
Biograph Studio (New York) 10.00
Lawrence Griffiths $10.00
G. W. B 1.00
Wm. G. Stuart So
W. C. C 50
W, C. Robinson 50
G. Cause 50
R. Her 50
B. Brown SO
E. Nultz so
T. Dillon 50
J. A. Waldern 50
Anonymous 50 Total, $16.00
Kalem Studio:
S. Lawrence 2.00
F. A. Dobson 2.00
T. Moon 50
O. Zangrilli 50 Total, $5.00
Reliance Studio:
E. Shulter 1.00
E. Wynard 50
Flora Lyman 50
C. H. VVeston •. 1. 00
T. Koeler 50
A. F. Mays so Total, $4.00
Dr. R. R. Reed 5.00
W. H. Swanson 5.00
J. E. Brulatour 5.00
S. M. Jacobi 5.00
P. A. Powers 5.00
A. W. Tarns i.oo
Total $3 1 1 .00
Many of the above contributions have been collected by Mr.
S. M. Jacobi, an old friend of Mr. Paley. who has given con-
siderable time to the matter. Those who wish to contribute
to the assistance of Mr. Paley may communicate with the
Moving Picture World.
"LIFE OF BUFFALO BILL" CLEANING UP.
According to reports received from the Buflfalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill Film Company, the "Life of Buffalo Bill" has
re-awakened great interest in western productions of a his-
torical nature. One of the state right buyers, Joseph Gon-
dos, who has bought three states so far, writes that he is
playing to record-breaking houses. The picture seems to
appeal chiefly to school children. In several towns where
Mt. Gondos has shown, the principals' and teachers of the
schools have arranged for the children to see the "Life of
Buffalo Bill" after school hours. Mr. Gondos made a spe-
cial arrangement with several lecturers of the different towns,
and in that way introduced the life of the scout to the chil-
dren. Reports from California and eastern territory seem
to verify the statements of the popularity of the life of the
scout. In the city of Boston the same tactics were pursued.
School children were permitted to see the pictures and to
hear a lecture on the life of Buffalo Bill, with the result that
in the evening the theaters were jammed.
GATES— GENEZ.
Harvey Harris Gates, a critical writer on the Dramatic
Mirror, was married on Saturday, December 21st, to Miss
Lucy Genez of West Hoboken, N. J. The ceremony was
held at the home of the bride's parents. In the evening
there was a merry gathering at Mouquin's in celebration of
the event. Mr. Gates, while young in years, is doing work
that is receiving much favorable comment. He and his
bride will have the best wishes of a host of friends in the
moving picture industry. The match, which is said to be
the culmination of a bit of romance, is a peculiarly happy
one, as Mrs. Gates is not only an accomplished musician
but has marked literary tastes.
VITAGRAPH NOTES.
The Vitagraph Company's staff of directors has been aug-
mented by Robert North, who was employed as a stage director
at the New Theater, New York City. He is a man with years
of experience in matters theatrical, and his ability has already
been displayed in the production of several of the, recent Vita-
graph portrayals.
Bert Angeles is another addition to the directorate of the Vita-
graph. He has had exceedingly broad experience as director for
Frohman, Belasco, Klaw & Erlanger and numerous other theat-
rical concerns. He is doing excellent work, displaying remark-
able skill in the pictures he has completed.
Jean, the Vitagraph dog, is the proud mother of si.x puppies,
two daughters and four sons. Mr. Trimble, the Vitagraph direc-
tor and owner of Jean, is very much elated at this latest addition
to the stock company.
Director Fred Thomson has the distinction of producing a pic-
ture possessing more variety in scenery than anything which has
heretofore been produced. One of the scenes was taken of Tif-
fany's on Fifth avenue, another on Forty-second street and
Broadway, and still another on Thirty-fourth street. The picture
then turns attention to several of the West Side streets in the
center of the red light district. The picture gives a very realistic
portrayal of life on upper Broadway in the glare and glamour
of the great white lights.
All the employees of the Vitagraph Company were made happy
the day before Christmas by the presentation of a good-sized
turkey and some other appropriate remembrance which tended
very materially to making their Christmas a very merry one.
TWO MORE CONVERTS.
Everywhere public oflicials and educators are awakening
to the possibilities of the moving pictures as a means of
instructing large bodies of people. Two of the latest con-
verts are Park Commissioner Stover of Manhattan and Rich-
mond, and President Meeker of the Centenarj^ Collegiate
Institute, Hackettstown, N. J., both of whom have installed
Edison Underwriters' Kinetoscopes.
The Park Commissioner has placed the machine in the
Arsenal at Central Park, where it will be of inestimable
value in helping the residents of the menagerie to pass the
long winter evenings, and will serve many other useful
purposes. The girls of the Centenary Institute are to receiv-e
part of their instruction via the picture screen, and there is
no doubt that they will find the new method far more inter-
esting than the old text-books. The Edison people are very
much pleased over the choice of their machine in both cases.
FIVE LICENSED REELS MISSING.
Fifty dollars reward will be paid for the return to the Queens
Theater, 993 Third Avenue, New York City, of the following
reels, lost or stolen from the office of Arthur Brady on December
22nd: No. 1 1208. Edison's "Christmas Accident"; No. 11 133,
Biograph's "Brutality"; No. 11025, Vitagraph's "Billy's Pipe
Drearn" ; No. 10402, Kalem's "The Family Tyrant" ; No. 10342,
Lubin's "The Senorita's Remorse."
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Scene from "An Occasional Waiter," a Great Northern
Comedy Subject That is Full of Laugh Provoking
Situations.
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LOUISVILLE.
THE strike of union musicians, believed lo be of
comparatively little importance, bas assumed
serious proportions through the sympathy of union
operator, and exbibitors are now facing a strilie of
the latter. It is stated, however, that little incon-
venience will be suffered by the exhibitors, as op-
erators have been gathered from nearby cities and
are now waiting to take the places of the men who
walk out. The mauuer in which the Louisville
Photoplay Association has acted as a unit in han-
dling the proposition has been an example to or-
ganizations in other sections of the country, and
friends of the exbibitors are proud of their business-
like handling of the situation. The operators' strike
was directed at the Broadway Amusement Company,
controlling the East Broadway, \Vest Broadway and
Ideal Theaters. Those houses recently installed
automatic musical instruments, following the walk-
out of the union musicians. The operators an-
noonced that out of sympathy with the musicians
the operators in the three moving picture houses
would walk out on Saturday, December 1-ith. This
nltlmatum was submitted to the Louisville Photo-
play Association, composed of owners of 18 the-
aters. The association replied that should the op-
erators In the houses designated leave their work,
the 15 employed by the other association members
might also leave a week later. The operators at the
three theaters obeyed the instructions of the Op-
erators' Union and went out on the date above
mentioned. Accordingly the association gave due
and formal notice to the operators employed In the
other houses controlled by the association that they
could leave on a date later in December. Prepara-
tions have been completed with non-union operators
In other cities, and no delay is expected should the
operators leave. The men coming Into Louisville
will be paid the union scale of wages, while the
head operators will be allowed expense accounts to
cover living costs. It is believed that if the op-
erators once leave, their services will never be
required in Louisville motion picture theaters again.
All of the theaters in Louisville, with four excep-
tions, are members of the Louisville Photoplay As-
sociation. Non-members are the Hopkins Theater,
Norman Theater, Avenue and Palace. The operat-
ors' difficulty followed that of the musicians, which
was caused over a disagreement in regard to the
time clause in the contracts between exhibitors and
musicians. The original trouble was one which
might have been adjusted had the musicians kept
their heads and refrained from dictation. Theaters
which will be affected should the operators strike,
which seems certain, are the following; East Broad-
way, West Broadway, Meal. Majestic, Uoyal. Hip-
podrome, Olympic, Sun, Pastime, Novelty, Casino,
Columbia. Crystal, Orphcum, Crown, Preston, Clifton
and Empire. Non-union operators took the places
of the regular men at the theaters deserted by the
union employes, and those houses have been op-
erated as in the past.
The annual meeting of the Louisville Photo-
Play Association, held at the Novelty theater on
December 5th, was marked by the election of the
old officers and board of directors of the organi-
zation. Louis J. Dittmar will serve another year
as president of the Photo-Play Association. Other
officers are: Irvin C. Simon, vice-president; Max L.
Simon, treasurer and Joseph Steurle, secretary.
The Louisville organization, incidentally, has a
rather peculiar method of election. It chooses a
lilrectorate, which in turn elects officers, a trouble-
saving procedure, which makes the annual meet-
ings short affairs. Besides re-electing the old
corps, the members of the Association, individually
and collectively endorsed the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals, now being staged by the Louis-
ville Anti-Tuberculosis Association, and agreed to
use advertising slides showing the latest in Christ-
mas seals. The funds raised by the sale will as-
sist the Anti-Tuberculosis Association in combating
the great white plague during the coming year.
Moving pictui-es of the annual Tlianksgiving
football game in Louisville were recently shown at
the Majestic theater. The Majestic is curtailing
the number of dally performances slightly during
the renovation of the lobby.
Charles Olson, of the Central Film Service Com-
pany, of Indianapolis, was a visitor in Louisville
recently. Mr. Olson reported that Manager Shrader
had returned from his honeymoon and was again
supervising the affairs of the Central.
Some confusion has been caused in Louisville
moving picture circles by the newspaper announce-
ment that Hopkins theater will be opened by Col.
A. C. Steuver. of St. Louis, with first run pictures.
Edward W. Dustin Is to be manager of the house.
The opening date of the renovated hou^^e has been
announrt-d, and exhibitors are awaiting the first
performance with mueli interest. Admi^-^ion prices
will bo five and ten cent*, the former applying to
the gallerv. Manager Dustin, who assumes his
old role as head of Hopkins, will give explanatory
talks with such films as require elucidation.
A moving picture show was a recent Saturday
feature at the Indiana State Reformatory at Jeffer-
snnville. Ind.. directly across the Ohio river from
Louisville. The performances will be made a
weekly affair, as long as the inmates show proper
appreciation. Baseball games kept the convicts in-
terested on Sundays during the summer, and the
officials have been puzzled since that time. They
recently hit upon the idea of a moving picture
show, and the first proved a huge sueeess. Much
care was exercised In the selection of films, which
were secured from a Louisville agency, comics
being mainly shown. The audience was one of the
largest which ever witnessed a moving picture
performance in Kentucky or Indiana. l.-UO "shut-
ins" being given tickets for good behavior. Many
of the inmates who had been incarcerated in the
Reformatory for a number of years bad never
witnessed moving pictures, and the performance
held them spell-bound. One reel of 1,000 feet was
shown, and it is probable that the program will
be enlarged, so great was the delight over the
show.
The Princess Amusement Company, of Louisville,
lost out in a Eult in which it was the defendant,
damages to the extent of $700 being awarded
Sylvester T. Rltter, a professional singer. The
Princess, headed by Irvln C. Simon, will take the
case to a higher court. Rltter alleged that the
amusement company had violated a verbal con-
tract, and the singer asked damages of $2,340.
The jury cut this to $700. Rltter alleges that
President Simon agreed to pay him $40 a week for
the first four weeks of the season beginning Oc-
tober, 1911, and $50 a week for the remaining
40 weeks of the season, ending August, 1912.
C. W. Freeman, an exhibitor of Livermore, Ky.,
closed his moving picture house during the week
a neighborhood church conducted a revival meeting.
Mr. Frecdman's concession to the religious folk of
his community has excited much comment among
exhibitors and the public.
The B. S. Hahn Company, of Tyrone, Ky., has
leased a new building in that town, and will short-
ly remove Its moving picture apparatus to the
new quarters. Alterations are to be made at once,
and the new theater will be opened late In De-
cember.
Exhibitors of Corydon, Ky., got off lightly at a
recent meeting of the city council of that place.
The license on moving picture shows which charge
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Are cents admlaslon, wae placed at $1.00 a jenT,
while those which charged ten cents must pay
«xi anaal fee of $10.00.
The Rex theater, HopklnsTllle's new house,
opened recently at that place. The new theater
la one of the handsomest In Western Kentucky,
terlng been erected especially for a moving plctore
theater. Souvenirs were presented to patrons who
Tlaited the place on opening day. Will Gran Is
manager of the theater. Both ticket-takers and
-oahers are uniformed, this feature being a pleas-
ing one to the HopklnarlUe public. Music Is
provided by a pianist and trap-dnunmer.
Manager Masters, who controls both the BUte and
0>lambia theaters, of Bowling Green, Ky., has
,put into commission the Idea of publishing week-
ly programs for his two honses In the form of a
Ixwklet. The program, containing the titles and
syn(^>ais of the films to be shown during the week
«head, will be mailed to patrons of the houses In
Bowling Green, wblle a mailing list of residents of
the surrounding country also has been secured.
The cover of the booklet, to be styled **The Week-
ly Doings" Is printed in two colors. The program
will contain sixteen pages.
L. H. Ramsey and other exhibitors of Lexington,
Ky., have decided to give two reels of first run
pictizres, with a dally change, for five cents, at
the same time eliminating vocaUsts. The ma-
jority of the theaters have hitherto been showing
tfoor or five reels, with singing, for that price, and
have found that the expenses have been too heavy
to justify a continuation of that policy. L. H.
fiamsey, in a recent interview, asserted that the
change was dne as much to public sentiment as
«ny other factor, however. Mr. Ramsey operates
the Annex and Hippodrome theaters In Lexing-
ton. He annotmces that the admission price at the
Hippodrome will be ten cents on Sundays only.
Three reels, with singing act, will be presented on
that day, while two reels of first run pictures will
be shown on week days for five cents. Other
theaters of Lexington will follow suit shortly,
tt Is said.
The Ck>nsoIldated Theaters Company has pur-
chased the Airdrome theater, in Owensboro, Ky.,
and will begin the construction of a new motion
picture house about the first of the year. The
consideration involved In the recent deal was
-$10,000, while the same amount will be expended
■on the proposed theater. The property Is located on
Frederlca street. The seating capacity of the
vnew house, according to preliminary plans, will be
1,200.
The Louisville Photo-Play Association has vetoed
the showing of pictures of the marriage of Jack
Johnson to LnclUe Cameron, and will ask Presi-
dent N. A. Neff, of the National organisation, to re-
quest members of the league to follow the ex-
ample of the Louisville Association.
Arthur V. Sheckler, hitherto Louisville represen-
tative of the Gomes Theatrical Exchange, of Cin-
cinnati, has resigned that position. The booking of
moving picture theaters with vaudeville will here-
after be done from Cincinnati, it Is announced. The
offices of Mr. Sheckler. In the Novelty theater build-
ing, have been leased by A. F. Mayer, Louisville
jmanager of the Central Film Service Company, and
Mr. Mayer will take possession the first of the new
year or shortly after.
An electric piano has been Installed In the lobby
.of the Crystal Theater, on Market Street, and is at-
itractlng attention from passersby.
Louisville exhibitors have received notification
that R. A. Schnltzer, of Toledo, Ohio, has assumed
the management of the Central Film Service Com-
ipany, with headquarters in Indianapolis.
A ten-piece orchestra has been added to the at-
tractions at the Orpheum Theater, conducted by the
Princess Amusement Company. The Balalaika Or-
chestra, as It Is styled, has made a pronounced hit
with patrons of the Jefferson Street theater. Mad-
am Tangeleskal Is the soloist for the orchestra,
which will remain at the Orpheum for an indefinite
. period.
"Dr. Gar-El-Hama." a Great Northern feature, at-
tracted favorable attention when it made Its first
appearance at the Casino Theater recently.
Louis J. Dittmar, manager of Majestic Theater,
ihas been elected to membership In the Rotary Club,
of LonisviUe. The organization Includes on Its
roster but one representative from each line of en-
<ieavor.
The Majestic Theater Is featuring Klnemacolor
Olctures, which are proving a popular adjunct to the
ordinary black-and-white presentations. The Klne-
macolor films shown recently are clear as their
kindred, and their presentation will probably be
continued.
Hopkins Theater opened to the public on Sunday,
'December 15, to good crowds. A program o^Mutnal
films was presented, with Natlello and his tnnd also
« feature. Harry A. Bllger, who managed Fontaine
Ferry Park for Col. A. C. Steuvers, has supervlBlon
of Hopkins, while Edward W. Dustin will give ex-
1 plana tory talks. The house has been renovated, an
attraction being the Installation of a rest-room for
'feminine patrons. Admission prices are five and
ten cents, the latter being for the first fioor.
The Dixie Theater Company, of Nashville. Tenn.,
•will shortly open a new motion picture bouse In Rus-
aellville. Ky., having leased the Auditorium In that
-. place. A. Mitchell will manage the new theater,
which will begin operations late In December.
Hurley Brothers, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., will shortly
'«pen a new moving picture theater In Providence,
<Ky. A store building baa been leased and altera-
tions will have been completed by the first of the
year. Roy Hurley will manage the bouse.
The Manrlng Theater, Mlddlesboro, Ky., under the
management of Brown & Son, has added vaudeville
to Its program. The management also Is stimulating
attendance by giving away a prise of five dollars In
gold nightly.
Mary J. and Moses C. Service, who purchased the
Colonial Theater, 948 Monmouth Street, Cincin-
nati, last July, from I. Frankel, have sued to have
the sale set aside on the ground that Frankel mis-
represented the business. The amount involved in
the purchase of the Colonial was $9,000, $1,500 be-
ing cash and the remainder in a mortgage on prop-
erty owned by Mrs. Service. The plalntifts allege
that Frankel set the earnings of tbe theater at from
$100 to $125 weekly, net, and that be declared that
a new theater which was being erected In the same
block was not to be a moving picture house. Mr.
and Mrs. Service ask to have the sale set aside, be-
cause they have lost money ; also ask for $10,000
damages from Frankel. and that be be enjoined from
foreclosing the notes be received for the theater.
O. D. GRAIN, JR.
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA'S numerous motion picture ex-
changes are soon to be Increased by one more.
Arthur Rosenbach and Thomas Bible, who are al-
ready extensively interested with the picture busi-
ness to this city, are going to open their new ex-
change on January 1st. The new establishment will
be kaown as the "Pioneer Feature Film Company"
and the main office will be at 1202 Race Street.
Branch offices will soon be opened In several nearby
cities, the first of which will be located at Balti-
more. Md.
Reading's newest motion picture theater Is being
built at the comer of Church and Spring Streets.
The building will occupy a plot of ground 40 feet by
100 feet and the contractor is Clement U. Gery, of
702 Franklin Street, Philadelphia. Calvin James
Young is the architect. The main entrance will be
at the Intersection of Church and Spring Streets.
The lobby will contain the manager's office and the
ticket office, and will be embellished with handsome
mosaic tiles. The screen will be 14 feet by 16 feet
and a double booth will be installed for the ma-
chine. Four 4 by 6 grill ventilators will be placed
In the celling to afford sufficient fresh air for the
audience, and a steam heating plant In the base-
ment will furnish the heat. The seating capacity
will be 550, and there will be three four-foot aisles
and four exits to provide for the safety of the pa-
trons. The construction is of cement and the ex-
terior finishings will all be In stucco. The roof Is
of slag. Gas and electricity will both be used, the
electricity for general Illumination and the gas for
exit indicators and emergency purposes. The word
"Subway." which Is to be the name of the theater,
will be emblazoned over the entrance and will be Il-
luminated with electric lights.
Moving picture shows are fast becoming a menace
to saloons is the cry of Philadelphia saloon keepers,
who claim that a large portion of their trade Is be-
ing drawn away from them. This Is of much joy
to moving picture managers who are inclined to be
temperance In their views, and they trust that mov-
ing pictures will still aid In cutting down the profits *
of the saloon keeper.
West Philadelphia is to have another moving pic-
ture theater. This new place will be built at Wood-
land Avenue and Sixty-Fourth Street, and will
measure 19 i 157 feet for the frontage of the struc-
ture and 48 x 85 feet in the back. The structure
will be of the latest in design and will Include
everything to make It one of the most efficient
places of Its kind in the city. Bernard Shaw, the
owner of the new theater, will spare no effort to
make It an ideal place for the picture loving public.
The trade was pleased to have Messrs Schreck and
McFadden. of Renova, Pa., call upon them during
the past week. The two gentlemen were looking
for new Ideas In the picture line, and It Is without
a doubt that they returned to their own city with
some very good thoughts for their own use.
Mr. Harry Davis, the leading picture man of Mil-
ton, Pa., and who owns the BlJou Dream, of that
city, accompanied by his wife, made a short trip to
Philadelphia to do their Christmas shopping. While
here Mr. Davis made it a point to visit all the thea-
ters iK>sslble, and he was well received by all the
members of the art. Mr. Davis reports exceptionally
good business in Milton, because of the fact that he
advertises.
H. S. Ellis, formerly owner of the Colonial Thea-
ter, of Bristol, Pa., has taken over the Hippodrome
Theater, of Camden, from C. G. Powell.
One of the most efficient men in his line, Mr. H.
T. Herr, has been giving Illustrated lectures in dif-
ferent cities on the recent advance of the "Steam
Turbine Art," and he Is meeting with much success
before all of the leading Engineering Clubs of the
East.
The Local Auxiliary. No. 87, I. A. T. S. B., has
changed its place of abode from No. 83 North Ninth
Street, where It maintained club rooms, to No. 232
North Ninth Street, In tbe building occupied by the
United Trades Association Hall. H. D. Cherry Is
the business manager.
Machine operators of Camden, will hereafter have
to have a license to operate. This act has Just been
handed down by the authorities of that city, and It
has met the fall approval of most of the exhibitors.
0. H. CONQD0N.
PITTSBURGH.
/^CONSIDERABLE agitation has been aroused among
^ the exhibitors In this city by a proposed amuse-
ment-license ordinance. The proposed set provides for
a new system of taxation on all moving picture shows
and amusement theaters, and if made a law, will pos-
sibly raise the usual license fee of some picture
houses to higher figures. At the present time all the
moving picture theaters pay the same license fee, $20
a month. Tbe new ordinance provides a graded sys-
tem according to the seating capacity. All shows
with a seating capacity of 200 or less are to be taxed
$10 a month, those up to 300 capacity are to pay
$15, and those seating more than 800 are to pay a
License fee of $20. The exhibitors are protesting,
not npon tbe new system which in a great many
cases will reduce the present, but are making a
strenuous kick upon being taxed at all. A hearing
was held recently by the councilmanlc committee
npon the proposed ordinance and representatives of
moving picture men were present to argue against
the bill. Attorney William J. Brennen. representing
several proprietors of photoplay houses, based his
opposition to the ordinance on the principle that it
Is not just to single out certain business enterprises
for taxation. The proposed license fee, he said, is
illegal and not justified, for It la not based upon
land or Income but entirely upon the number of seats
the moving picture theater might have. Three own-
ers of picture shows, among them H. W. Poke,
former councilman, who have theaters in the resi-
dential sectlone of the city, said that their places
were open only three hours at night and that It was
hard enough to make both ends meet without having
to pay additional fees. Attorney S. S. Robertson,
who represented the Grand and tbe Alvln Theaters
said that all license fees were supposed to be based
aiK>n some service rendered by the municipality and
he wanted to know what service more than It Is now
giving the city expected to supply next year when
the new licenses are to become effective. There Is
DO more reason why a moving picture theater should
be taxed than any merchant, and no merchant In
Pittsburgh Is paying the city a tax for the purpose
of doing business. He said the theaters pay a tax
for their property and that they should not be ex-
pected to pay a license just for being In existence.
The committee announced that there would be some
changes made to the proposed ordinance and that
additional hearings would be held.
The Pittsburgh Photoplay Company, of No. 412
Ferry Street, Is compiling a "Current Events" film
ef interesting and Important occurrences In and
aronnd Pittsburgh. The idea of making a film tiiat
will have a special appeal because of its locality
vrould seem to be a good one. The "Current Events"
film will be Issued once a month.
The Feature Film and Calcium Light Company
has as a special feature for Christmas week,
"Tbe Star of Bethlehem," manufactured by the
Thanhouser Company. The Feature FlUn Company
states that "Custer's Last Fight," Is being re-
ceived with more enthusiasm at the present time
than when It first came out. Many of the state
theaters made a special exhibit of the picture and
not a few of them charged 25 cents admission for
It alone.
Moving pictures are going to play a large part In
the school extension work program of the Board of
Public Education If the plans now being formulated
by Superintendent of Schools S. L. Heeter, are taken
up. The Idea at present Is to equip each schoQl
with a moving picture machine and give entertain-
ments by means of instructive and travelogue films.
The board Is planning a regular series of entertain-
ments, the purpose of which is to bring fathers and
mothers of the various school districts into closer
touch with their children's work and to serve as an
additional means of education.
The Feature Film Company, of New York, has
established an office and show room under the man-
agement of Mr. S. Barkey, In this city. The office
is at No. 127 Fourth Avenue and comprises, besides
an executive office, a finely equipped stock and dis-
play room. The display of posters Is made a 8i>eclal
feature and complete and rapid handling Is secured
by the facilities of the new Pittsburgh office.
A number of exhibitors throughout Pennsylvania,
and more especially in the vicinity of Pittsburgh,
are endeavoring to co-operate with their fellow-ex-
hibitors In their own towns to raising the usual
price of admission to ten cents. At Greensburg, the
exlilbitors have reached an agreement upon this
point and within a short time the admission price
will be changed from five to ten cents. The ex-
hibitors claim that their net receipts have t>een
shaved too close by the numerous expenses that are
Incurred through active competition and the demand
of the public for higher grade and more expensive
films. By raising the price the Greensburg picture
men hope to be able to give their patrons better
shows and at the same time make their margin of
profit a little larger. Tbe raising of admission, of
course, can only be accomplished simultaneously end
co-operatively. One hold-out Is likely to destroy the
entire Idea and unless all tbe exhibitors get together
the scheme cannot be successful. Nearly all the
towns of West Virginia have a uniform admission of
ten cents and because of this they are able to pot
on better pictures and come out a Uttle better for
themselves at the end of the year. In the Bastem
part of Ohio there are only a few towns where the
exhibitors have come together and simultaneously
raised the admission. In Pennsylvania, Greensboro
Is tbe first large town to accomplish this needed re-
form. Jotmstown, Altoona, Wllkes-Barre and other
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cltlee bare endeavored to work tbe same Idea but
Dsually tbroDgb the "back sliding" of one or more
exhibitors the plan has never materialized. Tbe In-
crease of all operating expenses and the ever grow-
ing demand of the public for more feature films
will have to be offset by a raise In the prices of ad-
mission, and the progressive exhibitors of the neigh-
boring State of West Virginia will no doubt soon be
followed by the exhibitors of Pennsylvania In mak-
ing a price of admission tbat allows a fair profit to
tbe owners and managers.
The former M. & T. Film Exchange has now be-
come the Keystone Film Company, with offices at
No. 4M Ferry Street, this city. The company Is un-
der the management of Mrs. C. Townsend, the only
woman manager of a large film exchange in the
country. The company makes a specialty of feature
films and carries a large stock of advertising sheets.
Moving pictures are to be used to aid in the edu-
cational campaign being carried on In connection
with the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals through-
out the city and country. An Edison film, named
"Hope," has been secured by the association In
charge of the sale, and tbe picture will be shown
In booses in all points of the city. Nearly all the
exblbltors have agreed to put on tbe picture In ad-
dition to their regular show and it Is thus hoped to
increase the sale of the little Christmas stamps.
D. h. MANLEY.
ST. LOUIS.
D WIGHT Blmendorf's travel lectures on "The
Heart of the Rockies" shown recently at the
Odeon here proved highly entertaining and Instruc-
tive. Mr. Blmendorf is an enthusiastic camera-
man who believes In "seeing America first" and
bla pictures are veritable works of art.
Nathan H. Hall a member of the House of
Delegates refuses to sponsor the bill recently in-
troduced in tbat body and prepared by City Coim-
selor Walther unless tbe superintendent of schools,
a business man, representatives of the film com-
panies, the exhiWtora and the president of the
city council are allowed membership on tbe Board
of Censorship. The original plan had been to
allow the public recreation committee full swing
in the censoring of films. Mr. Hall made it known
that In appointing the different parties he bad
mentioned, a fair and Impartial way to handle
a public question could be gained.
Suit has been filed in the circuit court here by
the St. Louis Motion Picture Company against
A. C. Wagner, former vice-president of the Com-
pany, for the sum of $S,BOO which it Is alleged
is due on a transaction arising over the sale of
stock. Officials of tbe St. I/ouis Motion Picture
Company refused to discuss the suit other than
the matter was In the nature of a friendly suit
filed with the knowledge of Mr. Wagner who Is
not a resident of St. lionls.
Mr. J. H. Gerspecher has succeeded Basil Webb
as press agent for the Talbot forces here. Mr.
Webb is now located at Dayton, Ohio.
Otis Kkinner, star of Kismet which played to
capacity houses here tbe past two weeks, com-
mends moving pictures as thoroughly worth while,
educational and a cheap entertainment for the
masses. Mr. Skinner however, decried the ab-
sence of the lost gallery god who was often very
BOdible in his remarks In contrast to the staid
and conventional parquet and balcony habitue.
"Tbe Theater is a vital factor in tbe life of
the country" and while he thought tbe gallery
audience had been lost forever yet he was of the
opinion that the future of theaters is assured.
Moving pictures showing the International bal-
loon race at Stuttgart, Germany were shown re-
cently at the banquet given by the Million Popu-
lation Club of St. Louis at the Planters Hotel.
F. J. FEGAN.
B.
NEW ENGLAND.
P. KEITH theater, Portland, Me., gave op
• stock company attractions on December 30th,
order to present a plctare program. Vaudeville
will probably be need la connection with the
pictures, and prices will be ten and twenty cents,
with the prestige of the Keith name standing back
of the program, it is believed that nearby vaude-
ville and picture houses will find the new compe-
tition very keen.
to present a picture program. Vaudeville will
probably be used In connection with the pictures,
and prices will be ten and twenty cents. With the
prestige of the Keith name standing back of the
programs, it Is believed that nearby vaudeville
and picture houses will find the new competition
very keen.
On Christmas Day the Savoy fheater, Fall River,
Mass., began presenting stock company attractions
Instead of vaudeville and picture programs, Mr.
H. Pierce has leased the theater for this purpose,
and is to continue this indefinitely.
The Puritan theater, Fall River, Mass., changed
Its policy on Christmas Day, when Marcus Loew
vaudeville was used, In connection with the picture
programs.
Conn's theater on School street, Concord, N. H.,
Is doing a most* satisfactory business, as the house
jumped Into favor Immediately after Its opening.
The theater Is well located, and Is of brick con-
struct. Vaudeville and pictures are the regular
"diet" at the house.
M>. James Boylen reports that his new theater
at Taunton, Mass., Is nearly completed, and that
it should be ready for its opening performance
the middle of January next. This house, which Is
to be known as the Boylen theater, is a beauti-
ful theater, with a seating capacity of about one
thousand. Including the balcony seats. The Boylen
is fireproof and up-to-the-minute In every way
and Mr. L. V. Wilson has been secured as man-
ager, a man with a good reputation behind him
as a money-maker.
It Is now definitely announced by Mr. William
Bradstreet ITiat he Intends to build a new theater
at Dudley street, Roxbury, Mass., as was rumored
recently In these columns. Tbe new house, which
of course, will be known as a "Scenic Temple,"
win seat about two thousand and will be erected
in tlie characteristic Bradstreet style, which means
a thoroughly modem up-to-date theater, to play
vaudeville and pictures.
Theo. Baylies, formerly manager of Hathaway's
theater. New Bedford, Mass., was In Boston last
week, Just looking things over. Mr. Baylies is
well known among the New England frade, as he
is an old time picture man. Mr. Bayliea expects
to announce a new connection shortly after the
new year,
R. D. Marson reports that his new enterprise,
the R. D. Marson Moving Picture Company, Is doing
very well, and that his offices at 597 Washington
street, Boston, are very busy. Mr. Marson has be-
hind him the cumulative results of years of experi-
ence, gained as New England manages of the Gen-
eral Film Company. Feature film service and a full
mann's Feature Films, at 655 Washington street.
Another live wire exchange In Boston is Kell-
man's Feature Films, at 665 Washington street,
which books two and three reel state-right sub-
jects. A. A. Kellmann Is opening up a good
trade.
Mr, James Donovan thinks be has found a big
thing In Mutual film service for his Central
Square theater, Lynn, Mass., and he is not at all
backward In telling people so. Mr. Donovan **put
one over' ' on his Lynn competitors by getting
Mutual service exclusively for his city.
Tbe First Methodist Church of Wallbam, act-
ing upon the emphatic advice of Rev. James E.
Coons, the pastor, has Installed a complete mov-
ing picture outfit. As usual, the reason for this
wise and good move is the desire of the church
to stimulate Interest among lax church-goers.
Stereopticou slides will be used in addition to
religious and educational films.
The announcement that the Film Supply Com-
pany will shortly add to Its programs the releases
of the All-Star, Monarch, Magnet and Anchor Com-
panies Is greeted with enthusiasm In New Eng-
land.
The Windsor theater, Windsor, Ontario, was
opened December second, and reports good busi-
ness. This house plays several reels of photoplays
besides vaudeville acts, and changes its program
on Mondays and Thursdays. A seating capacity
of a full thousand permits this house to offer big
shows. The writer is reliably Informed that the
Windsor Is Just about the finest theater of its
kind in Canada. The Windsor theater Company
are the owners, with Mr. J. M. Ward as president
and general manager. Mr. W. W. McEwen is
resident manager, who has the reputation of know-
ing his business. When It is known that Windsor
Is a town of about 50,000 population, and that
the Windsor is the only real theater there, it will
readily be seen that this theater should "clean-
up" very easily.
Mr. H. I. Dlllenback, formerly manager of the
Nelson theater of Springfield, Mass., has left that
city to take charge of Mr. S. Z. Poll's theater at
Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Dlllenback is well known In
New England and he has the best wishes of the
it-ade in his new position.
Dante's Inferno is still a feature to be reckoned
with, as was proven when these famous reels were
exhibited at the Dreamland theater, Lynn, Mass.,
this week. Manager Sam Grant Is getting big re-
sults from this theater, as be formerly was gen-
eral manager of the Gordon Brother's theater. On
December 9th. the Dreamland exhibited pictures of
Lynn's school children no license parade, which
took place Just before election time.
Mr. Arthur E. Lord, manager of the Pastime
theater, Lynn, Mass., is seriously considering en-
larging this house, as the present seating capacity
is entirely too small for the crowds wishing to
attend.
Mr. A. A. Kellmann, proprietor of the Park the-
ater, Taunton, Mass., intends to add a little vaude-
ville to his programs of pictures. Business has re-
sponded remarkably well since Mr. Kellmann ac-
quired control of the sevral theaters recently lased
by Mr. Kellmann.
Assistant Supt., John J. Mahoney, director of the
Public School Association, announced at the Cam-
bridge, Mass. Latin School that he Intended to
Introduce educational films at the Kelley School.
East Cambridge, after the Christmas holidays, for
the purpose of reaching the illiterate foreign popu-
lation. The writer Is informed by Mr. Mahoney
that the first lesson will consist of reels along
historical subjects such as "Washington Crossing
the Delaware." "The Battle of Bunker Hill." etc.
Later on so Mr. Mahoney says. If the course proves
successful, the scope of the cinematographic studies
will be enlarged to Include botany, zoology, travel,
and the manufacture and pvepnratilon of commercial
staples. The plan is to interest and teach adults
who cannot read. Mr. Mahoney argued that the
illiterate foreigners wlm are to he made over Into
good English-speaking Americans, must be first
attracted to the school- building by some extra-
ordinary means, and then held by some Interest-
ing and inspiring studies. Superintendent Fitz-
gerald Is also a great believer In the Idea.
The General Film Company's Boston ofiJces are
at present giving their advance exhibition of re-
leases for managers at the State House, pending
the present dispute as to tbe advisability of con-
tinuing advance exhibitions at tbe Boston offices.
HENRY.
IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
MUNICIPAL Interference In affairs of Peorta,
111. picture shows may be asked by negroes
of that city who claim they are being discriminated
against by the managers. One colored church which
is reported to have taken up the matter at a meet-
ing of the board, sent out investigators who de-
clared that at two photoplay houses they were
charged ten cents admission while the persons
Just before them paid but five.
John Buss, proprietor of the Orphemn theater at
Freeport, III., told the city council be believed
he should be allowed to open bis Taadeville house
on Sunday If the picture houses were permitted to
give performances. He was not asking for the
action against the photoplay managers but a privi-
lege for himself.
The municipal legislation In Springfield, HI., pro-
posed to safeguard theaters will take the form of
an ordinance requiring operators to pay a fee of
$3.00 and apprentices $1.00 for examination.
Operators are to be at least twenty-one years old,
apprentices eighteen and not more than three persons
are to be allowed In the booth at any one time.
The examining board will consist of the city electri-
cian, the building commissioner, and tbe secretary
of the city civil service board. Local proprietors
are not fighting the measure although the fee
clause is not satisfactory.
Affairs of tlie White House theater in Mollne,
III., a picture show, have gotten Into the courts.
Earle B. Scott, one of the managers, filed a hill
for a receivership in the Rock Island County Circuit
Court alleging that he had no voice In the manage-
ment, his partner Thomas B. Keyes assuming un-
warranted control. H. M. Ballsback of East Mollne,
111., was appointed receiver. H. A. Sodlnl, who
leased the building which Is the old Barrymore
theater to the partners, found it necessary to file
a petition in court before he could secure posses-
sion of it.
The Bio theater has opened on Fifth avenue,
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets in Mollne.
III. Licensed pictures are used. T. M. Wheelock
is singer.
The Nesemann Moving Picture Machine Company
of Chicago has been Incorporated with a capital
stock of $6,000 to manufacture and sell moving
picture machines. The incorporators are Henry W.
Aim, Edy Logan Reeve and Harry A. Tiffany.
J. A. Lisy, proprietor of the Family theater at
215 West Third street, Davenport, Iowa, and Charles
Grilk, an attorney, are said to be contemplating
the opening of a new theater which will t)e either
for vaudeville or moving pictures, at 219 West Third
street.
Tbe Oak Amusement Company of Berwyn, 111.,
has been Incorporated with a capital stock of
$10,000 to do a general theatrical business. The
incorporators are John Jarces, Frank P. MiUer and
John J. Kelly.
The Modern Star theater at Elgin, Hi., has opened
■s a part of the B. & K. circuit and is featuring
pictures.
The Dearborn Film Company of Chicago has been
incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000 to
manufacture and deal in moving pictures, moving
picture machines, etc. The Incorporators are
Thomas J. Lynch, John J. Lupe and K. Jennings.
The Peoples Circuit Company of Indianapolis,
Ind., has been incorporated with a capital stock of
$10,000 to operate theaters. The Incorporators are
George W. Ray, E. Schoenneman and J. C. Hall.
Films of the county fair at Marshalltown, Iowa,
which were made last summer by Morse & McCoy
of tliat city, were loaned to the Y. M. C. A. for an
entertainment for hoys. The Y. M. C. A. of
Lincoln, Neb., included motion pictures In its
Christmas dinner for the newsboys of the city.
Paua, III. Elks chartered the Grand for a
show for all the poor kids of the city.
Manager Reilly of the Princess theater at Alton,
III., was able to hold over tbe reel of Alton
pictures for several days because of its popularity.
Tbe making of moving pictures will be explained
at the electrical show to be held by the Agricultural
College Engineering Society in Fargo, N. D. Mov-
ing pictures will also be used for entertainment
purposes.
Owners of the five vaudeville and moving picture
houses In Aurora, 111., agreed to make the first
week in 1913 a benefit week for the new hospital
fund which is being raised in that city.
F. H. MADISON.
AMONG THE EXHIBITORS.
Sheboygan, Wis. — "The Rose," R. B. Guyette's
new moving picture theater on Pine Street, this
city is open to the public. This new picture house
will he one of the coziest and best equipped in this
part of the state.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Calendar of Licensed Releases.
Current Releases
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30th, 191a.
BIOGRAPH— Bill Boggs' Windfall (Comedy)
BIOGRAPH— A Day's Outing (Comedy)
EDISON — The Crime of Carelessness (Drama) 1000
KALEM— The Peace Offering (Comedy)
KALEM— Why Tightwad Tips (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Power of Silence (Special— 2 Reels— Dr.)2000
LUBIN — A Mother's Strategy (Drama) 1000
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. I (Topical)
SELI(} — Our Lady of the Pearls (Drama) 1000
VITAGRAPH— Planting the Spring Garden (Comedy) . lOOO
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1912.
CINES — Among the Abruzzi Mountains (Scenic) 350
CINES — Amy's Choice (Comedy-Drama) 750
C. G. P. C— The Caprices of the King (Hist. Drama)...
EDISON— For Her (Drama) 1000
ESSANAY — Requited Love (Drama) 1000
LUBIN— The Bravery of Dora (Drama) lOOO
SELIG— A Rough Ride With Nitroglycerine (Drama) . 1000
VITAGRAPH— A Woman (Drama) 1000
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ist, 1913.
ECLIPSE— Laughing Billy (Comedy) 400
ECLIPSE— A Four-Footed Cupid (Comedy) 600
EDISON— Yosemite National Park and Big Trees of
California (Scenic) 375
EDISON— How They Got the Vote (Comedy) 625
ESSANAY — Seeing Is Believing (Comedy) icoo
KALEM— The Mission of a Bullet (Drama) 1000
PATHE— The Cowboy and the Baby (Comedy)
SELIG — A Loyal Deserter (Drama) lOOO
VITAGRAPH— Love Hath Wrought a Miracle (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Casey at the Bat (Comedy)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1913.
BIOGRAPH— Three Friends (Drama)
ESSANAY— The Miner's Request (Drama) lOOO
LUBIN— John Arthur's Trust (Drama) 1000
MELIES— Tempest Tossed (Drama) lOOO
PATHE— The Frame-Up (Drama)
SELIG— Greater Wealth (Drama) lOOO
VITAGRAPH— The Adventure of the Counterfeit Bills
(Drama) 1000
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1913.
C. G. P. C. — Between Two Girls (Comedy)
C. G. P. C. — Sand Hoppers (Scientific)
EDISON— The Running Away of Doris (Drama) 1000
ESSANAY— When Soul Meets Soul (Drama) 1000
KALEM— The Treacherous Shot (Drama)
LUBIN — Guilty Conscience (Comedy)
LUBIN— Just Out of College (Comedy-Drama)
PATHE— Romeo and Juliet (Special— 2 Reels— Drama)
SELIG — A Curious Family (Comedy)
SELIG — Steak and Onions (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— Mr. Bolter's Niece (Drama) 1000
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1913-
CINES— A Sister's Heart (Drama) 1000
EDISON — The Red Man's Burden (Drama) lOOO
ESSANAY — Broncho Billy and the Maid (Drama) 1000
KALEM— The Flag of Freedom (Drama) lOOO
LUBIN— The Love Token (Drama) 1000
PATHE— The Doctor's Blind Child (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— A Bit of Blue Ribbon (Drama) lOOO
Advance Releases.
MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1913.
BIOGRAPH— The Telephone Girl and the Lady (Dr.)..
EDISON— The New Day's Dawn (Drama)
EDISON— It Is Never Too Late to Mend (Two-Reel
Special) (Drama) ^..2000
KALEM— The Usurer (Drama) lOOO
LUBIN — Courageous Blood (Drama) lOOO
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 2, 191 3 (Topical)
SELIG — Prompted by Jealousy (Drama) lOOO
VITAGRAPH— The Angel of the Desert (Drama) lOOO
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1913.
CINES — A Maid's Devotion (Drama) 4 lOOO
C. G. P. C. — Love Unconquerable (Comedy) ,
EDISON— An Unsullied Shield (Drama) 1000
ESSANAY— The "Heiress" (Comedy) lOOO
LUBIN— The Village Blacksmith (Drama) 1000
SELIG— The Gunfighter's Son (Drama) 1000
VITAGRAPH— The Wings of a Moth (Drama) looo
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1913.
ECLIPSE— Kidnapping the Fiddler (Comedy) 850
ECLIPSE— Along the Coast of Dalmatia (Scenic).. i^.. . 153
EDISON— Interrupted Wedding Bells (Comedy) lOOO
ESSANAY— Here's Your Hat (Comedy) lOOO
KALEM— The Manicurist and the Mutt (Comedy)
KALEM — Johnny Goes Ducking (Comedy)
PATHE— Peggy and the Old Scout (Drama) ,
SELIG — The Man Who Might Have Been (Drama). .^..lOOO
VITAGRAPH— The Delayed Letter (Drama) 1000
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1913.
BIOGRAPH— The Best Man Wins (Comedy)
BIOGRAPH— The Bite of a Snake (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Alkali Ike in Jayville (Comedy) lOOO
LUBIN— Twilight of Her Life (Drama) ^ lOOO
MELIES— Her Great Chance (Drama) 1000
PATHE— The Hollow Tree (Drama)
SELIG — The False Order (Drama) lOOO
VITAGRAPH— Two of a Kind (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— Betty's Baby (Comedy)
FRIDAY, JANUARY loth, 1913.
C. G. P. C. — Radiography in Practice (Scientific)
C. G. P. C— The Life of Ants (Educational) ,
EDISON— The Eldorado Lode (Drama) lOOO
ESSANAY— (Title not reported)
KALEM— The Wives of Jamestown (Two-Reel Special)
(Drama) 2000
KALEM— Grandfather (Drama) lOOO
LUBIN— Stage-Struck Sallie (Comedy)
LUBIN — An Accidental Dentist (Comedy)
SELIG — The Cowboy Editor (Comedy)
SELIG— Whose Wife Is This? (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH — The Ambassador's Disappearance (Dr.). 1000
SATURDAY, JANUARY nth, 1913.
CINES— The Woes of a Peacemaker (Comedy) 1000
EDISON— The Maid of Honor (Drama) 1000
ESSANAY — Broncho Billy and the Outlaw's Mother
(Drama) lOOO
KALEM — A Sawmill Hazard (Drama) 1000
LUBIN — San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Ariz. (Industrial)
LUBIN — The Artist's Romance (Comedy-Drama) ;
PATHE— Starting Something (Comedy) ^
VITAGRAPH— O'Hara Helps Cupid (Comedy) 1000
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The Little Minister
A young Scotch Minister falls in love with a Gypsy girl. The ban of the "Kirk" and the
condemnation of the austere town folk intervene as a barrier to their marriage. Unexpected
circumstances of a startling nature happen and their prejudice and intolerance are removed.
Love conquers. The "Little Minister" and "Babbie" are married.
Jan. 10.
1913
The Wives of Jamestown
KALEM
2 Reels
Bryan O'Sullivan, an Irish lad of humble birth, rescues Lady Geraldine from drowning as her boat capsizes, thereby
meriting her lasting gratitude. Forgetful of his station, Bryan falls madly in love with Lady Geraldine, who momentarily
listens to his pleadings. Her acceptance of attentions from O'Rourke angers Bryan and he upbraids her for falseness.
The nobleman draws his sword, but Bryan wrenches it from his hand and breaks it to pieces. Knowing that he can-
not now remain, Bryan bids farewell to Lady Geraldine and sails for America. Bryan O'Sullivan, Irishman, becomes
John Pierce, Colonist of Jamestown, Virginia. Years later Lady Geraldine suffers many vicissitudes; her castle is be-
sieged by the Cromwellians and she with many others is sent to Jamestown to be sold to the colonists as wives. John
Pierce is startled to see Lady Geraldine, but she fails to recognize him because of a heavy beard. Seeing that he is
an honest man, she offers to become his wife. He takes her to his cottage and stepping into another room shaves off
his beard, and begins to play the flute, which he so loved in days gone by. Lady Geraldine, who is about to end her
life, hears the music and stepping to the door recognizes John Pierce, her husband, as Bryan O'Sullivan, her lover, and
love claims its own.
Jan. 6,
1913
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
EDISON
2 Reels
The Fielding Brothers, farmers, are served with notice of foreclosure of mortgage on their farm. George,
the elder brother, is engaged to Susan Morton, who is also beloved by John Meadows, the wealthiest man in town.
Meadows realizes the futility of his efforts to win Susan by fair means, and plans George's undoing and his own
aggrandizement. George goes to Australia to seek his fortune ; and Meadows, sure of success, selects the house
for his bride, and ousts the present tenant, Isaac Levy, thus gaining the enmity of the Old Jew. Levy has been
protected from Meadows' cane by George Fielding, and he now determines to protect George from the plotters.
He rents an office next to Meadows, and through a hole which he bores in the wall keeps informed of their plans.
Meadows' schemes are frustrated, and George returns with six thousand pounds to clear the home and claim his
bride.
Romeo and Juliet
Pathe
2 ReeU
SHAKESPEARE
A WonderfuDy Colored Film of the Immortal Playwright's Great Romantic Play
Romep, of the House of Capulets, and Juliet, of the House of Montagues, scorn the family feud of years, and
love each other with all the fervor of Veronian youths. The ardent wooer sings his love beneath his lady's window
while the stars wink their approval of the lovers' happiness. Juliet's father urges her marriage to Tybalt, a man of his
choosing, but Romeo determines she shall not, so together they visit the venerable Friar Lawrence and are secretly
united in marriage. Romeo is challenged by his rival, Tybalt, and in the encounter wounds his antagonist, for which
he is exiled. Romeo's departure leaves Juliet open to the demands of her father, who insists upon her immediate mar-
riage to Tybalt. In terror she flees to the old Friar, who gives her a powerful sleeping potion, and on the day she is to
marry Tyljplt, her friends are horrified to see her fall into a deathlike swoon. She is interred in the vault of her ances-
tors, and Romeo, hearing of her death, returns home, enters the vault and after gazing upon the face of his beloved
plunges a dagger into his heart. Juliet awakens to see him expiring, and in her agony seizes the same dagger, inflicts
a death-wound, and expires beside her lover.
THE MOVING PICTURE WOKLP
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POWER OF SILENCE
December 30, 1912. Lubin. Two Reels.
Thomas Lowry, a wealthy Western ranch-owner, realizing he Is dying,
leaves his adopted dangbter, Jane, to the care of his head shepherd, who
because of his personality Is called "Silent." The young people decide to
marry when Sinclair, a nephew of Lowry, comes west, and learning of the
fortune Jane inherits, decides to marry her. She listens to his descriptions
of the wonderful East and promises to become his wife. Silent warns
Sinclair that he will pay for any mistreatment of Jane with his life. Sin-
clair brings Jane east, and after squandering her fortune deserts her and
she dies of a broken heart. Sinclair returns west to sell the balance of
Jane's property and meets "Silent," who reminds him of the warning; In
the desperate struggle that follows they plunge over the balcony of an
old ruin to death below, thus ending the career of good and evil.
The Reincarnation of Karma
December 27, 1912. Vitagraph. Two Reels.
During the early Christian era. Karma, a very spiritual and virtnons
High Priest of the Temple of India, resists with all his religious fervor,
Quinetrea, a beautiful and fascinating enchantress. Quinetrea eventnally
conquers and Karma falls a vctim to her wiles. She triumphantly taunts
blm, and outraged at her cruel deception. Karma curses her, and Quinetrea
1b transformed Into a huge snake. Fifteen hundred years later. Karma
appears, reincarnated in the personality of Leslie Adams and loves the
beantiful heiress, Lillian White. Together they visit the ancient Temple
of Karma and are shown the reptile, which every hundred years resumes
human form. While Leslie gazes fascinated, the snake uncoils and Quine-
trea stands before him in all her bewitching charm. She holds him with
her hypnotic power and forces him to accept an amulet for his betrothed,
upon receiving which Lillian falls dead. Karma beholds a vision of his
former self as High Priest, again curses Quinetrea, and drops dead across
the prostrate body of his betrothed.
THE SHAUGHRAUN
A Genuine liub Drama Produced Amid Genuine Irish Surroundings
December 23, 1912. Kalem. Three Reels.
By the death of their father, Robert and Claire Polllott are gWen Into
the care of Corry Kinchela, an unscrupulous land agent, who schemes with
Harvey Duff, a dishonest police officer, to secure possession of the chil-
dren's lands. Robert Is convicted on Duff's testimony and sentenced to
the penal settlement in Australia. His sister, Claire, and sweetheart. Arte,
are dependent upon Conn, the Shaughraun, who supplies them with food by
his poaching.
Several years later Robert returns to Ireland, but is captured as a fugi-
tive and thrown Into prison. The crafty Conn assists him to escape and ,
feigns death when fired upon by a sentinel. It is commonly believed that
Coaa has been killed, and a wake Is held, during which the Shaughraun
learns of a plan to spirit the girls out of the country. Kinchela and hla
accomplices are brought to Justice and the girls reunited to their sweet-
hearts.
THE CROOKED PATH
A Story of the Underworld
December 13, 1912. Lubin. Two Reels.
A valuable watch and money stolen from a banher by Dan Lyons revolts
In the arreat and conviction of the crook. His sweetheart, Nell Harris, u
approached by a young clergyman, William Kimball, who question* h«r
regarding her trouble. Nell admits her wrong deeds and tells him of h«r
desire to follow the straight and narrow, path. Kimball takes her to his
blind mother and soon grows to love her. They become engaged. Da«
Lyons In his prison cell succeeds in communicating with his pals by m«aiu
of a note tied to a rat's tall and receives a supply of saws with which hs
effects his escape. He arrives in the town In which Nell lives, asks her
to return to the old life, but she refases. and in revenge Lyons plans to
rob the home of William Kimball. He and his pal are discovered and
handed over to the police, and the minister accuses Nell of assisting in
the robbery. She confesses her former associations with the crook and la
forgiven by her flancfi.
THE HAREM CAPTIVES
December 9, 1912. Pathe. Two Reels.
The atory is concerned with the adventure of Fatlma and Onrlda, twe
Arabian listers, althongb widely different in dlspoaltlons. Fatlma la
beantifol and petnlant, while Otirlda combines with ■ lovely face a charm-
ing, peaceful natnre. Arthur Budlong, a westerner, la in love with Onrlda
and has won her heart, which kindles the spark of Jealousy in Fatlma •
breast. Fatlma bribes a tribe of nomada to kidnap her and her slater.
With hla Hindoo servant, Arthur toliowa the trail until It reachea tha
City of Tanis, where it !• lost. The sisters arrive In the city, are aold
to a wealthy merchant and accordingly enter hla harem. Bndlong flnally
leama of the abode of his beloved and her alster and despatches his servant
with a note to them, giving hla plans to effect their release. Onrlda la
overjoyed and Fatlma feigns to be, but Instead, tnms Informer, and when
they come to the gate to await Bndlong's arrival they are met by servants
and brought back to the harem. Arthur and his servant reach the rata
and after a desperate struggle with the guard they reacoe the glrla.
rinding that Fate la against her, Fatlma gives vent to her Jealous anser.
They hurriedly leave her, to act aa principals In a wedding ceremony.
THE DAWNING
December 6, 1912. Vitagraph. Two Reels.
Helen Mason prefers the love of Victor Gardler, a young artist, to tha
attentions of Henry Pendleton. The latter asks her hand in marriage, but
ahe refusal. The young artist visits Helen, but Instead of proposing, be
acqnalnu her with the fact that his uncle offers him an opportunity to
complete his art studies in Parla. She begs him not to leave her, bnt
be turns a deaf ear to her pleadings, and after hla departure, In retalia-
tion, ahe weds Pendleton.
They visit Paris and Helen conceala the Joy to her of a visit to tna
artist's studio, and her vanity Is flattered by a request to have her portrait
painted. She appears for the first sitting, when Victor alone with her,
vehemently expresses his love, she repulses him and flees to her huaband.
The artist and husband meet on the field of honor and Victor Is aerlonaly
woanded.
The LAST PERFORMANCE At NAPOLEON'S COMMAND
December 20, 1912. Pathe. Two Reels.
Bose Ualland, the celebrated equestrienne of the tamoos Bamon Clrcns,
■wakens the love of Count Hans von Harten, and they are Ideally happy
■ntU the Count's father angrily forbids the marriage, which compels the
Count to adopt the circus for a Uvellhood. His specUcular thriller, "The
Platform of Death^" wins him the title of the "Greatest Horseman In the
World," and because of the public admiration his wife becomea Jealoua
and plana revenge.
She drugs his horse, and as he mott-ta the Platform of Death the horae
becomea frightened at the first explosion of flreworka and plongea forward,
krlnging with blm ttie Connt to death In the ring below.
THE RED MAN'S HONOR
December 16, 1912. Eclipse Kleine. Two Reels.
Jane Dew. a pretty Indian maiden. Is betrothed to Bed Hawk, tb»
bravest warrior of the tribe. Seated Bear, another brave, alao lovea the
«ark beauty and his savage heart is infiamed with Jealousy at the success
tt kia rival. One day he surprises her alone and forcibly carries her oil
to hla canoe. Bed Hawk appears Just In time to see the act, and spring-
Ins into the stream soon overtakes his rival. A desperate struggle fol;
Iowa In which Bed Hawk's arm, strengtliened by the Great Spirit,
BortaUy wounda his treacherous enemy. Bed Hawk and the maiden ra-
tom to the village and the wounded Indian painfully makes hla way to
abore. where he teUs a greatly distorted story of Bed Hawk s crime. 'The
accused warrior Is ordered before the great chief "White Eagle " and tha
«aath aentence imposed: "He that kills a brother must die. .Twelve
moona hence hla spirit shall Join that of the <>f»'l warrior. Bed
Hawk's heart Is filled with bitterness and he leaves hla tribe to Join the
army of the pale faces. His bravery In surmounting Indescribable dim-
calUes to destroy a mountain bridge, thus checking the advance of the
eaamy galna him the high regard of the army, bni' his happiness la abort
llvad aa he remembers the sentence and retuma to his tribe to pay tha
tobt of a red man's honor. With his beloved June Dew he la taken to
tbe funeral pyre and their souls go fortb to Join the Happy Hunting
Siound of the "Great Spirit."
December 2, 1912. Cines-Kleine. Two Reels.
This is a atory laid In the time of Napoleon's great triumphs. A Uaa-
tenant, on leave of absence, bids farewell to his sweetheart and rejolna
his army. Two years elapse and the Lieutenant has not ratnmed to Vim
aweetheart. She becomes Impoverished and marries a Sergeant, who aenoa
her to his mother's home In Paris. Years afterwards tha Sergeant baa
been promoted to FieldHarshal, and he, together with bis wH«, la now In
the court of Napoleon. During the court ceremonies tka wife of the
former Sergeant meets her false sweetheart, who has also been promoted
from Lieutenant to Marshal. Her husband and old sweetheart meet on
the field of honor. Napoleon hears of the Intended duel and ordara tho
oOlcers to their commands. During a battle that followa soon after both
tbe Marahali are wounded. The wife. In searching tba battlaiald for ber
husband, flnda near blm her old aweetheart.
THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE
November 29, 191 2. Pathe. Two Reels.
A thrilling race that Is sure to send the blood tingling ibrougb tbe velna
of every human Is the principal feature of this eitraordlnary aSenng.
Aa the race nears completion startUng falla become frequent. Coming Into
the atretch the first and second choices are but half a length apart. Tba
favorite makes the last barrier with ease, bnt the next horse topa the
bardie turns a complete somersault, cruahing its ridar beneath it, and
leavlns tba Jockey-lover to win the race — and tbe glrL
THE STOLEN SYMPHONY
November 25, 1912- Lubin. Two Reels.
A beautiful story of a poor young musician who baa compeaed an ex-
quisite symphony.
A famoua musician obtains the score of the symphony and adda new
laurela to his already great trlumpha. Upon denouncing the great arnat
aa a thief, the young composer is sent to an asylum; later be obtalna
bis release and appears in a concert where the famoua artlat la playlnc
tbe now world'a great symphony, demonatratea It la tba gentna of Um
brain and la proclaimed to the world.
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Calendar of Independent Releases.
Universal Film Mfg. Co.
Current Releases.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1912.
REX— An 111 Wind (Drama)
CRYSTAI^Her Visitor (Comedy)
CRYSTAI^-The Elopement (Comedy)
ECLAIR— Insect Hunting (Scientific)
ECLAIR — Gontran, a Kidnapper (Comedy)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30th, 1912.
IMP — Jones' Wedding Day (Comedy)
NESTOR— Arabella's Ankle (Comedy)
CHAMPION— The City Boarder (Comedy)
CHAMPION— White Heron
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1912.
GEM— Dorothy's Birthday (Dr.)
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ist, 1913.
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IMP — The Bearer of Burdens (Drama)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1913.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1913.
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MILANO — A Father's Stratagem (Drama)
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th, 1913.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1913.
IMP— She Slept Through It All (Comedy)
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ECLAIR — An Accidental Servant (Comedy)
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POWERS— Almost a Hero (Comedy)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY loth, 1913.
NESTOR— The Suspect (Drama)
VICTOR— The Lie (Drama)
ECLAIR— The Return of Lady Linda (2-Reel Drama).
POWERS— Baxter's Busy Day (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JANUARY nth, 1913.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1912.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2d, 1913.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1913.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Sth, 1913.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1913.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY loth, 1913.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1912.
GAUMONT— Fair Weather Friends (Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ist, 1913.
GAUMONT— Gaumont's Weekly No. i (Topical)
SOLAX — Cousins of Sherlock Holmes (Comedy)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2d, 1913.
GAUMONT— When Her Love Grew Cold (Drama)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3d, 1913.
LUX — Pursued by a Lioness (Drama)
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1913.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1913.
ITALA — (Title not reported)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1913.
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GAUMONT— Gaumont's Weekly No. 2 (Topical)
SOLAX— A Million Dollars (Drama)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1913.
GAUMONT— The Destructive Duelists (Comedy)
GAUMONT— To Hell and Back (Comedy)
FRIDAY, JANUARY loth, 1913.
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LUX — Do Not Tease the Dog (Comedy) 252
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MELIES.
THE KISS OF SALVATION (Jan. 16).— A daring
highway robber Is terrorizing* a western settlement
by his depredations. A new minister and his daugh-
ter have come to the settlement and the attendance
At the little church is augmented by the admiring
cowboys. The new minister's daughter, Molly, goes
tor a walk one day and "Handsome" Jack, the
bandit, caught at last. Is abont to receive his just
deserts at the hands of the indignant cowboys, when
■entlment causes them to lose their heads. The min-
ister's daughter comes upon the scene at the
psychological moment. She Is asked to give "the
pore feller a good-bye kiss, seeln' as he baa no one
else," and the bandit makes a daring escape by
snatching ber gun. The cowboys pursue, but are
not successful. "Handsome" Jack, after riding
hard, finds himself free and at last dismounts. He
thinks long of tbe sweet girl whose kiss had set
him free and decides to live straight for ber sake.
He writes a letter to the sheriff and sends back tbe
spoils of tbe hold-up, . then obtains employment at
ft far-away ranch. He makes good and studies hard
In his spare moments, applying to his new pnr-
■ttlt the same energy and acumen which had made
him a successful bandit. He Is admitted to tbe bar
and sets up bis small establishment with great
pride. His first few cases bring him money, and,
b&Ting always thought of Molly, he sets out to find
her.
Late In the afternoon Molly unconsciously wan-
ders to the scene of ber romance and absently pulls
daisies and winds them Into a chain. A light step
behind her, and Jack holds her up with her own
gun. He returns the gun, then tells her of his love
and bow the memory of her kiss had made a man
of him. She listens, blushing, with downcast eyes.
Her shyness bids him hope and he begs her for a
kiss. Smiling she turns from him, refusal on her
lips, temptation in ber eyes. He takes the chain
from her fingers, twists it about his neck, noose-like,
and makes a mock gesture of hanging. "Now will
yon kiss me?" he asks. Her eyes, then ber lips
meet his and she goes to his arms.
KALEM.
THE TTSUEEK (Jan. 6), — Because of his wife's
Illness, David Mills, a young clerk, is forced to
solicit a loan from Grydes. The latter is a soulless
man with an overshadowing passion for money — ^un-
principled and devoid of sentiment. Unable to re-
pay tbe exorbitant Interest. David Is mercilessly
bled Into bankruptcy by the human vampire.
Ernest Renard and his sister, Beatrice, rich phil-
anthropists, seek a suitable person to fill the posi-
tion of superintendent for a large institution — a
home for crippled children — ^whleh they have founded.
The scheming Grydes sees the advertisement and
makes written application, representing himself to
be well qualified for the position.
Renard determines to personally Investigate the
applicant and visits the town where the loan shark
lives. On his way to Grydes' home, Renard Is at-
tacked by a thug and left In a desperate condition.
He manages to reach Grydes* house, where the un-
scrupulous agent, failing to recognize the stranger,
shows his true colors by refusing him assistance.
Literally thrown out by Grydes, Renard is picked
Qp by David, who helps him home and tenderly
cares for him. The developments following the oc-
occurrence of this Incident, while highly pleasing to
David and his wife — as the young clerk secures the
position of superintendent — ^fall with crushing force
upon the heartless Grydes.
THE MANICURIST AND THE MUTT (Jan. 8).—
James Hicks, a barber, finds that business is bad and
he sees that only some decided Innovation will at-
tract customers. He therefore writes to Cllppem's
School of Barbers, requesting the management to
send him an attractive lady tonsorlal artist.
In a few days Marcella arrives on the scene, but
the way she handles the first customer makes It
imperative that Hicks dispense with her services.
She walks up the street and is engaged as a mani-
curist by Hicks' competitor.
Marcella is a fiirt and soon has a number of love
affairs. Seeing that she mast make some disposi-
tion of the several cases, she decides to realize as
much as possible. As a result each of her four
suitors presents her with a diamond ring. She
makes an appointment with each for eight o'clock
on a certain night. When eight o'cock arrives Mar-
cella boards a train, but Tom, Dick, Harry and Joe
wait in their respective trysllng places, nervously
fingering further tributes. Finally each resolves to
visit the shop and learn what Is detaining Marcella.
The meeting of the four victims enables each "to
see a great light."
JOHNNIE GOES DUCKING (Jan. 8) Johnnie
tramps through the marshes and discovers what be
supposes to be a flock of canvasbacks paddling along
the inlet. Falling to shoot any of tbem and seeing
that they still swim composedly, he creeps forth to
Investigate, and gets into an argument with a real
hunter, whose decoys have been disturbed. Johnnie,
undismayed, determines to secure a duck at any
cost and he succeeds in shooting one In a barnyard.
When the owner appears, Johnnie pacifies him
through misrepresentations and Invites him to din-
ner. When the dinner is finished, Johnnie inquires,
"Well, how do you like your own duck?" and how
the guest replies Is best explained by the picture.
THE WIVES OF JAMESTOWN (Jan. 10).— A
synopsis of this two-reel feature subject was pub-
lished in the advertisement of the General Film Com-
pany on pages 1316 and 1317 of the Issue dated
December 28, 1912.
GEANDFATHEE (Jan. 10). — She knew no Joy to
equal the companionship with her father until the
stranger came Into her life. He was from a differ-
ent world and soon won her heart, but the young
girl knew that she could not hope to gain her
father's consent. Thus it was that she stole away
from home one night, little dreaming of what the
future held In store.
Visions of happiness were shattered when she
found that husband and lover held little In common.
His world and hers were not the same and he would
not compromise.
By the fireside an old man, who found the years
crowding down upon him, waited patiently for some
word from his loved one. At last there came a
messenger to call him to his daughter's bedside,
where he wus given a trust — the care of his grand-
child.
A strange fate caused the grandson to wander
ofT at his game and to be found by his prodigal
father. The slumbering spark of manhood was
kindled and the father carried his son to his
humble home. The same old fate took tbe father's
life and tbe little one was placed amid strange
playmates.
As the days passed the old man could find no
comfort until fate, now more kind, led him to the
playground. Grandfather and grandson returned to
the old fireside and, with a prayer of thanksgiving,
the happy trust was renewed.
A SAWMILL HAZARD (Jan. 11).— Mrs. Herton.
a widow, lives in comfortable circumstances veith
her son, Roland. Over forty years of age, she is
still an attractive woman, but lacks self-reliance
and Is greatly Impressed by Geoffrey Stem who
seeks her hand. Roland objects to Stem and en-
deavors to convince his n>nther that the selfish and
unscrupulous suitor has I'l'ii nitracted by the com-
fortable home and timi it lands owned by the
widow. But tbe pimd v« cnuan is deceived by Stem's
well-feigned devotion ;iii(l agrees to marry him.
Shortly after tbr- '>'.uTiage a violent flcene takes
place between Rolaml and his stepfather. Seeing
that bis mother has, in a manner, become estranged
from him, he leaves home and finds employment
in a sawmill.
Roland, through his industry, wins the esteem of
his foreman and meets his employer's daughter,
Martha. An attachment springs up and the young
couple become engaged. Roland, wishing to in-
troduce bis fiancee to his mother asks her to ac-
company him to his old home.
When Martha and Roland enter the cottage a
pitiful sight confronts them. Geoffrey Stern, In
an attempt to realize on his wife's property Is on
the point of securing her signature to a mortgage.
Roland roundly denounces his stepfather and takea
his mother to his sweetheart's home.
Stern determines to be revenged, as he sees that
Roland stands between bim and the accomplish-
ing of his designs. He therefore goes to the
sawmill when Roland Is alone and through an act
of startling boldness places the young man In pari!
of his life. Martha, disturbed because Roland haa
not come to tbe house for lunch, visits the saw-
mill end Stem Is turned over to tbe authorities.
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PROMPTED BY JEALOUSY (Jan. 6) .— Lanra
Venning In saving the life of Detective Martin's
child, wins the friendship of a man of cunnlnf
who serves her when she Is Imperiled through the
attentions of an adventuress, who uses her to
revenge herself upon Miss Vennlng's brother. Jack
Venning in a moment of Insane wagering gives a
check for $5,000 to secure a gambling debt. Tta
dashing Jack Is admired by Mrs. Romaro, a society
adventuress, a passion that Is not reciprocated and
tarns her fondness to hatred. She overhears Jack*a
confession to his sister concerning the check and
his plea for $5,000 to save him from prison. The
hostess of the evening has a pearl necklace of great
price that Is broken, so she puts It In a crystal
Jewel box In her boudoir. The wily and revenge-
ful widow gets the necklace and places It In the
vanity bag of Laura. The latter, disconcerted by
her brother's story Is about to leave the honee
when the loss of the necklace la discovered, and
Laura Is accused of the theft. The officers, iin.
Romano adroitly eggs them on and calls Martin the
chief of detectives on the case. How he dlscovwa
the real thief Is one of the cleverest bits of picture
work In recent film plays.
THE GUN FIGHTER'S SON (Jan. 7) — Jeff Scott,
a quick and determined fellow, who has been
brought up by foster parents unmindful of hia-
father's record, is so outrageously bullied by Sam
Carey, that he get's a gun; but, declines to use
It after having the drop on Sam. The latter,
a human hound Is not compunctious over plnggln|t
his generous adversary, and Is sentenced to serve
time although his markmanshlp Is not fatally acca-
rat'e. After some years' service he escapes from
prison, captures Jeff's little girl and leaves a note
that he has left her at the mercy of the wolvee.
Again the blood-blot fills tbe brain of Jeff and he
reaches the man who tried to kill him and then rob
him of his treasure. Tbe thrilling fight In which he
casts aside tbe temptation of a gun to evoke
vengeance with his naked hands, stops Just cloee
enough to the dim border of tragedy to make the
over-true tale telling and Intense.
THE MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN (Jan. 8).—
Bob Hale, the son of a well-to-do country banker,
neglects his opportunities so frequently that he 1»
dismissed from college. He comes back to tbe hum-
drum country town and finally is placed In a posi-
tion of trust In the bank. When one of the gay
companions of his 111 spent college days comes tliat
way, they review their past in the old way, and
Bob is Influenced to seek the excitements of the
great white way in the big city. In order to
secure the money for this adventure, he pockets the
funds of the bank and becomes a fugitive from
Justice. He goes down and down In the scale of
humanity until he reaches the scum line of hob^
dom. Weary of the husks, the shell of hla former
self, he rides the trucks back to hla old home,
to find his indulgent parents, himself a strancer,
broken, disgraced, and despised.
THE FALSE ORDER (Jan. 9).— Tbe sensational
crux of Jealous revenge In "The False Order" Is a
head-on collision of two enormous locomotives. A
realistic effect that heavily discounts any stage
device ever materialized to thrill. A page of vivid
romance torn from the life of a young engineer,
who Is lured on to seeing certain death by the
deadly lie of a drunken rival. Happily he Is
saved for a long and useful life by a trick of
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WHOSE WIFE IS THIB? (Jan. 10).— The oft re-
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comedy conceit', which keeps a patient husband toy-
ing with an expensive pair of opera tickets, nntll
nearly midnight. Until the lady comes In fully
panoplied, to find her husband also panoplied, like-
wise "foil" and asleep In the shadow of a tel-tale
decanter.
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COUBAGEOUS BLOOD (Jan. 6).— Romanzo Fer-
nandez, a vaquero, noted for his bravery, courage.
«nd honesty. Is appointed Chief of Scouts on the
Mexican border, which is Infested by Rock and
•hla rustlers. Rock visits MAry Burke's ranch, with
« view of stealing her cattle, and Incidentally
'makes love to her. Fernandez appears. Mary has
•never met him and being attracted by his plotur-
•csque costume, asks for an Introduction which Rock
grudgingly gives, Fernandez being his old enemy,
Mary and Fernandez are mutually attracted,
much to the disgust of Rock, who later has his
rustlers steal a bunch of her cattle, and while she
Is out riding she accidentally stumbles across one
■of Hock's camps. She realizes then for the first
time he Is a cattle rustler. Rock Insults her but
«he gets away from him. He gives chase with some
•of his men. Fernandez having been warned of
the cattle stealing by one of his seoats comes upon
the chase, gets the girl under cover In the rocks
and requests her to go for help while he holds the
rustlers off. The girl secures aid from some pros-
pectors who return and overpower the rustlers.
Fernandez, who has been shot requests that he be
permitted to smoke a cigarette. With a puff and
la smile he sinks Into Mary's arms, dying as he lived
^*a man."
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH (Jan. 7).— The
Btory opens showing Dexter Pratt, the village black-
smith In his early married life surrounded by his
wife and children, Annie, Tom and Dick. Herbert,
the Judge's son and who is a playmate, is a thiev-
ing, fighting, cowardly boy. Ten years elapse and
the mother Is dead, Annie Is a loving girl and un-
fortunately she falls in love with the Judge's son,
who simply plots her seduction. Tom Pratt Is sus-
picions and watches. Herbert, influencing the girl,
plans an elopement. He takes his horse to the
blacksmith's shop to be shod and ITien steals off
with Annie to have a fake marriage ceremony per-
formed by a college friend, who will pose as a
clergyman.
Tom discovers the plot and rushes to the father
urging him to Interfere. The blacksmith drives a
long nail In the horse's hoof he is shoeing. Tom
then hurries to the scene of the mock marriage but
he arrives too late and finds only the counterfeit
parson. The Judge's son gets his horse and, mount-
ing the girl behind him, starts off. Tom and the
father pursue the runaways and the horse going
lame, they are easily captured. The trufh Is ex-
posed to the poor girl and the young reprobate
driven away. The blacksmith and his daughter take
sanctuary in the church and the vision of the dead
mother smiles down through the stained glass
window.
TWILIGHT OF HER LIFE (Jan. 9).— Mr. and
Mrs. Willis and two daughters live contentedly. The
older girl Lillian is engaged to a young man who,
after asking her hand in marriage of her parents,
leaves for the city. Sonetlme later tlie mother.
who Is an Invalid, dies, and leaves the younger girl
■as a sacred charge to Lillian. The young man re-
turns from the city, but Lillian will not marry him,
telling him that her duty is with her father and
flister. He leaves despondent.
Years later May, the younger sister, has grown
to womanhood, and they walk to the last resting
pOace of their mother and father. May has a
sweetheart, and he asks the elder sister for her
hand In marriage. She consents, on the condition
that they will make their home with her and they
do so.
Two years later May is the mother of a lovely
baby, aad her life is very happy, while Lillian
by the fireside, dreams of what might have been.
In the city, her girlhood lover dreams, too — and of
her. One evening, Lillian is sitting out In the
yard, and In the house, the younger sister Is sing-
ing a lullaby to her baby. The light shines from
the open window on her face, showing a longing
Infinitely sad. To her side comes the girlhood
lover from the city, and he too, sees the picture
over her shonlder. When Lillian turns, she finds
herself in the arms of the man she has loved
through years.
STAGE STRUCK SAXLT (Jan. 10).— Sally Is a
new girl at the Cort's, who do not know that she
has an ambition to go on the stage. When she
studies her part In the kitchen, Mrs. Cort comes to
the conclusion that Sally is crazy and Is made
nervous. Meantime Sally finds the butcher knife
too dull to cut the bread, and goes to ask her
mistress that it be sharpened. Mrs. Cort la certain
that she Is to be killed and faints. Sally, all ex-
citement, runs for the doctor, forgetting to put
down the Jnife. The doctor thinks she Is crazy
end telephones the police. The reserves come and
cart her off to the station-house, where Terrance
her policeman sweetheart, offers explanation, and
Sally is turned loose. Sally has a bad case of
' stage struck," bnt Terrance will try to cure her.
AN ACCIDENTAL DENTIST (Jan. 10).— Police-
man Murphy leaves his post to take lunch with
Nora, a fashionable dentist's maid, during the
absence of the dentist. Two thieves seeing the
dentist depart, enter the place to rob it. When
they hear some one coming they decide to pre-
tend they are patlenta and hurriedly tie their beads
up. The policeman, noting the evidence of a rob-
bery, and seeing through the ruse of the thieves,
pretends he is the dentist and placing one In the
chair, administers laughing gas. The second thief
attempts to escape, but the policeman overpowers
bim, forces him into a chair and also gives blm
laughing gas. Nora and the policeman return to
the dining room to finish their banqnet, when the
dentist returns, and, peeking through the window,
sees Nora entertaining the policeman. He Indig-
nantly reports the policeman's absence from post,
and the captain returns with the dentist and peeks
In the window. Nora sees them and hides the
policeman under the table. The captain sees noth-
ing wrong, and the policeman emerges from the
house with the two prisoners, who prove to be
noted criminals for whom the police have long been
searching. The policeman becomes a hero and is
praised Instead of blamed.
SAN XAVIER MISSION, TTTCSON, ARIZONA
(Jan. 11). — A beautiful educational picture showing
the atmosphere of a typical Mexican Mission house.
The building is a stone structure of large propor-
tions, which win impress the traveler. Interest-
ing scenes are pictured of the negro hoys and the
sisters of the mission going to mass. Inside of
the mission we see the employment. Boys and
girl are weaving and fashioning Mexican hats,
baskets and other useful articles.
THE ARTIST'S ROMANCE (Jan. ID.^Tohnson,
a rising young artist, goes on a rabbit hunt. He
and his dogs are hot on the trail of a rabbit.
Bunny hides in a clump of bushes, but Johnson spies
him and fires. The rabbit Is wounded. So Is a
girl who has been sketching on tlie other side of
the bushes. When Johnson, holding the wounded
rabbit triumphantly aloft comes t>oundlng through
the thicket, the girl forgets her own slight wound.
She scolds and pleads with Johnson to give her the
rabbit, which be does. After scolding Johnson
roundly for what she calls his brutality, the girl
takes the rabbit home and dresses Its wounds. The
brutality of man strikes the girl so forcibly tliat
she is inspired to paint a picture on the subject,
and calls it "The Brute." The tenderness of the
girl in pleading for the rabbit's life so Impresses
Johnson that he Is also Inspired to paint a picture,
and In return calls his canvas "The Appeal."
Later, both paintings are hung at the same ex-
hibition, where Johnson meets the girl. Although
at first bis efforts to gain her friendship are re-
pulsed, he eventually wins ouf, and the rabbit,
which the girl has made a pet, Is taken to the spot
of the event, and being freed, returns to his native
woods.
CINES.
A SISTER'S HEART (Jaji. 4).— Helene Is a
proud, high-spirited girl, and strongly opposes her
brother's desire to marry little Marie Carter.
whose family is poor, and who Is obliged to work
as a milliner's apprentice.
Realizing that his sister's attitude Is unalterable,
Victor becomes melancholy, much to the distress
of Helene, who dearly loves her brother. Finally
she persuades him to take a long sea voyage In
the hope that he may forget the girl.
After bis departure, the family servant leama
through Marie's mother that the girl has become
dangerously ill. He informs Helene, whose sym-
pathy being awakened, pays a visit to the humble
iiome. Touched by the misery and sweet face of
Marie, Helene's heart warms toward her, and love
conquers pride and prejudice. She immediately
telegraphs for her brother to return, and upon his
arrival, all former discord Is forgotten In a happy
gathering of the three young people.
A MAID'S DEVOTION (Jan. 7).— Elvira Is de-
voted to her mistress, Mrs. Dale, and Is heart-
broken when she sees her Idol In tears, following
her husband's severe reprimand for paying loo
much attention to a young artist.
Later, jtvhen Mrs, Dale has retired for the night,
Elvira secretly watches the husband search the
room and discover a letter from the artist, re-
questing an Interview for the following after-
noon. She then Informs her mistress, who Is thus
enabled to write a note of refusal which Is pur-
posely permitted to get into Mr. Dale's possession.
This note entirely restores Mr. Dale's confidence
In his wife, but he spends his fury upon poor In-
nocent Elvira, who cannot explain, for that would
Incriminate her mistress. So after bidding the
latter a tender farwell, the girl leaves In dis-
grace, but with a secret reward of money and
eternal gratitude from the woman whose happi-
ness she so loyally guarded.
THE WOES OF A PEACEMAKER (Jan. 11).—
Albert and Louise, newly weds, are both of a
high-spirited disposition and are inclined to quar-
rel at the slightest pretext. Finally in desper-
ation the bride's parents suggest that Uncle
Antliony should pay the young couple a visit and
do his best to keep the peace.
The old uncle arrives, and for a time all goes
well, but one day a loud exchange of words arises,
at which the good man becomes alarmed, and
summons the parents to assist him In quelling the
disturbance. But, In the meantime, the warring
pair have made up their differences and Uncle la
severely censured by the parents for his folly.
Another quarrel of a similar nature gets started
and again proves to be a false alarm. At this.
Uncle Anthony swears to turn a deaf ear to all
disturbances In the future. Before long, however.
a real disagreement ends In Albert's departurft
from the house vowing never to return. Louise
frantically rushes to her parents, who, realizing
the gravity of the situation, call upon Uncle
Anthony to save the day. The latter Is not In-
clined to be a peacemaker again, but at length
capitulates and successfully brings Albert back to
his wife. Uncle Anthony's word Is now law in
both households.
ECLIPSE.
KIDNAPPING THE FIDDLER (Jan. 8).— Billy, a
fiddler, has a lucky chance. The famous violinist,
Lubeklk, being unable to attend a concert at the
home of Madam Stafford, that lady gives Instruc-
tions to her head butler to find a substitute artist
at any cost. Billy is chosen, and his success Is
Instantaneous. The guests are held spellbound by
his music and a Baroness present Is so enraptured
with Billy that he has him kidnapped and taken
to her home.
Now Billy baa a wife and ten children. When
the good woman Is Informed of her husband's
whereabouts she assembles her tribe and with a
thick stick In hand goes to the palatial residence
lu search of him. Forcing her way in, she
seizes Billy by the coat and angrily belabors him
over the head with her stick. He finally breaks
from her grasp, however, and runs home, followed
by his family In picturesque array.
ALONG THE COAST OF DALMATIA (Jan. 8).—
A most fascinating subject spreading before us
the territory on the Adriatic Sea, adjacent to
where the Balkan war Is being carried on with
such great loss of life.
VITAGRAPH.
THE ANGEL OF THE DESERT (Jan. 8),— Mar-
ried to a sporting man, Anne Stearns, with their
little child, has a varied and unsettled life.
Finally, Steams locates lu a western town where
he opens a gambling house. He Is a man of
coarse Instincts and mercenary nature. He insists
that his wife make herself agreeable to patrons
of his den and dance-hall, to popularize the resort.
Their little girl Is taken very sick. Steams insists
that she leave the little one and go into the bar-
room to meet one of her admirers. She refuses,
asserting that her child demands ber attention.
He grabs her, drags her Into the saloon and In-
sists that she entertain his friend. She acquiesces
under protest. When the drunken fellow attempts
to caress her, she resists him and her husband
tries to force her to submit. At this moment, a
strange prospector, who has entered the room,
springs to her protection, knocking down her an-
noyer and throwing aside her husband. He then
escorts her to her home where she finds that the
child, during her al'sence, has died. The de-
feated gambler follows the prospector.
Stearns entirely Ignores his wife after this in-
cident and left alone, the prospector helps her
bury the child and consoles her In her grief. Later,
he Is attacked by the gambler, whom he had op-
posed In Steam's place, and In a duel with pistols,
he shoots his assailant.
By a drawn Jury, he Is sentenced to exile, and
driven Into the desert. Anne, learning of hia
condemnation, hastily fills a canteen and follows
hira into the desert where she finds him already
delirious from thirst. He looks at ber through
bis death-palled eyes and she appears to blm as
a ministering angel coming to cool his parched llpa
with a cup of cold water. Anne hastens to bis
side just as he breathes his last and passes Into
the land of eternal peace and rest. With thoughts
of his kindness to ber and her child and fearing
to return to her brutal husband, she empties the
water from her canteen into the sands of the
desert: preferring to die beside the man who would
protect her rather than endure the lusults ond
dangers of the husband who would demoralize and
degrade ber.
THE WINGS OF A MOTH (Jan. 7).— Attractive
and pretty, Alice Wentworth, who works In a
large department store, very often receives the
fiattering attentions of the young men who are
patrons of the establishment. Possessing that
natural vanity of all good looking girls, she be-
comes discontented with her lot and longs for
the ease and luxury of the handsomely gowned
and wealthy people upon whom she Is obliged to
wait.
Hector Merrill, a middle aged and prosperous-
looking gentleman, who calls with his sister, to
make a purchase. Is very much taken with Alice
and when opportunity offers, he asks her to make
an appointment to take a ride with bim in his
automobile. She shyly declines. Upon leaving
the store that evening, she finds Hector waiting
for her at the door and he takes her home In his
limousine.
Pleased with the compliment, she Joyously tells
her mother, who warns ber of the danger of casual
acquaintances. To further impress her Injunction,
she tells her the story of the moth attracted by
the glittering flame, falls Into it and burned to
death before It realizes its danger. Alice, think-
ing her mother somewhat straight-laced and passe.
Is piqued and resentful.
On two or three subsequent evenings; Hector
takes Alice to dinner at a "swell" restaurant, with
cabaret attractions. Finally, he takes her to sup-
per and engages a private dining-room, where he
very subtly tries to ingratiate himself into her
favor and passes her a glass of wine. As she
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raiscB It to her Upa a moth flattera Into the room,
bOTers about the lamp on the table and falls Into
Ita flame. Immediately, ahe la reminded of her
mother's warning. Daahlng from the room and
Into the street, she hurries home. Her mother la
anxloQBly awaiting her belated coming and with
m. mother's Instinct, she recognlzea the troubled
look upon her daughter's face. Alice falls upon
her mother's shoulder and In tears, thanks her
tor her timely warning, acknowledgea that she
baa learned a leason she will never forget and
Always heed.
THE DELAYED LETTER (Jen. 8).— Rejected by
Mabel Hlnton, Bob Legrande goes West on business
with Raymond Condon, his partner and auccess-
*nl rlTal for Mabel'a love. About midnight on
the Special Western Limited, Condon steps out on
the rear platform of the Pullman to take the air.
fle Is followed by Legrande, who diabolically at-
tacks him and tries to throw him off tlie fast-
^ooviMxg train. A violent struggle ensues and Con-
dom, in self-defence, throws Legrande over the
«clUeff. This last act Is witnessed by a young
oomtty couple, who are driving along In a buggy
«iD< harry to the aid of Legrande. The train la
stepped and backed up to the spot. Legrande.
QBKOnscIons, Is carried to a near-by farmhouse,
ffioUowed by the passengers. A physician la 8um-
Eomwd. Condon is taken to the county Jail. Le-
flEtande, believing, he Is going to die, writes Mabel
lainton a confession of his crime, writing on the
•BDvelope. **In case of my death to be delivered. If
I recover, to be returned to me unopened." The
doctor takes the letter, agreeing to carry out In-
Qtractlons.
The doctor leaving next day, for a six months*
trtp abroad, the letter Is packed In his trunk, with
Ms coat and forgotten. Months later, in Cairo,
'he comes upon it and believing Legrande to be
-dead, forwards It. Condon, in the meantime, la
tried for attempted murder, the charge being
-pressed by Legrande who has recovered. Pound
guilty, the letter arrives just In time to change
the verdict of the jury and save the innocent
Condon from condemnation.
TWO OF A KIND (Jan. 9). — So much alike, you
can't tell t'other from which, Edna and Alice
two twins, are receiving the attentions of two
yonng friends, WalUe and George. Edna receives
her caller in the front parlor and Alice, In the
back parlor.
Edna leaves her joung man for a few momenta
and hearing conversation, he peeks through the
folding doors and sees Wallle entertaining her, as
be supposes. He Is furious because he ibinks she
is trying to deceive him by receiving htm and his
friend on the same night without the other's
knowledge. Alice leaves the room for a few
minutes and George, hearing conversation , in the
trout parlor, peeks through tbe folding doors and
sees her, as he supposes entertaining his friend.
He comes to the same conclusion as Wallle. This
confusion continues until the two girls confront
the two young men in the one room. They be-
-come more puzzled tban ever for neither one can
«11 which of the girls Is his sweetheart, until Wal-
lle discovers a flower which he placed In his girl's
hair. The girls very much enjoy the situation and
the boys appreciate the Joke which they admit is
entirely on them.
BETTY'S BABY (Jan. 9). — At the clrcua, Betty
takes a notion to a baby elephant and Induces
her father to buy it. He takes It on a week's
trial. Betty discovers that it Is too big a play-
thing and it Is returned. George, her fiance,
'hoping to please her, goes to a costumer's and
'hires an imitation elephant outfit. He induces
two of bis friends to fill the front and hind lega.
'He leads them to Betty's home and ahe, pretending
to be deceived, receives it with much glee and
iocks the elephant actors In the barn. George
■and Betty make love at their leisure. The two
fellows In the bam become restless and when they
-attempt to get out, find themselves locked in.
After a while, George goes to the bam, tells the
boys to pretend the elephant Is dead. He fetches
'Betty, ahe pretends to weep and George leads her
away. The two boys crawl out of the elephant
and have a good laugh at each other for having
been made the victims of a huge joke.
THE AMBASSADOR'S DISAPFEARAKGE (Jan.
•10). — A gang of crooks are employed to &et pos-
session of valuable papers of International Im-
iportance, held by the French Ambassador, Vicomte
de Jarlals. They are also instructed to get the
Ambassador out of the way and make it appear
that he has committed suicide. His mysterious
disappearance arouses the United States Secret
Service Officers, but they are unable to solve It.
They find tils hat and coat on the edge of a pier
and they come to the conclusion that it Is a case
'Of suicide.
Lambert Chase, the detective. Is consulted and
after going over the ground, decides to put In
practice a plan which he has figured out from his
careful deductions. He gets on the trail of the
crooks and decides that they are holding the man
.prisoner. He sends them a message that there Is
:-a case of merchandise awaiting them at one of
the piers. They send a truck to the pier and
'bring it to their headquarters. After receiving
It, they lock the door and proceed to open the
box. At this point, Lambert Chase springs from
the box, armed with two revolvers, with which
he holds them at hay, while he blows a whistle
for tbe police, who are waiting outside the bund-
ling.
The gang attack the detective and severely beat
bim, but before they have done their worst, the
police break into the room and soon have them
under control. Entering an adjoining room, they
find the Ambassador a prisoner, and release him.
Lambert Chase is taken to the hospital where he
receives dally visits from the Ambassador, who
gratefully compliments and thanks the detective
for his valuable services to him and his Govem-
melt.
O'HARA HELPS CUPID (Jan. 11).— Larry
Doolan, tbe policeman, la In love with the Widow
McGee, who keeps a quick-lunch room, and the
widow reciprocates. Sam Sharkey, a traveling
salesman, and a friend of the widow's whom she
has not seen for some time turns up. He has
flashy clothes and fine manners. The widow Is
won over by them and poor Larry's nose Is put
out of joint. In his distress, he consults O'Hara,
who advises him to play the widow's own game
and he gets Aileen. a pretty young girl, inter-
ested in the plot. Larry dresses In his best and
takes AUeen to lunch at the widow's lunch room,
paying her marked attention, almost Ignoring tbe
widow. Mrs. McGee becomes furious and In her
anger, turns down Sharkey, who has lost bis job
and is making a play for the widow's money. He
grows desperate and goes to see her. He makes
some advance, though she will not give bim a
definite answer. He borrows some money from
the widow, pretending he has left his purse at
home. In putting It away In his pocketbook, he
drops a letter.
After he goes, the widow picks It up and It Is
to a pal and reveals the game he Is playing. He
returns to find the letter and she gets her money
back, pulls his hair and dismisses him and writes
a leap-year proposal to Larry. Larry Is rejoiced,
but at O'Hara's advice, pretends coolness, till
he has the widow at his feet and then he for-
gives her and they get married.
EDISON.
THE NEW DAY'S DAWN (Jan. 6).— Mr. and
Mrs. Wynne are drifting apart. After ten years
of wedlock, during which time their common in-
terests have gradually grown less and less, we
find them at the opening of the picture, living In
a great mansion together but almost entirely on
separate lines. Dorothy, their little daughter, is
the only remaining bond of affection beiVeen them.
Through the carelessness of her governess, Dorothy
Is badly Injured In a runaway accident and Is car-
ried home unconscious. As usual, Mrs. Wynne is
at some afternoon reception and Mr. Wynne on his
own affairs.
Upon their return each Is Informed by the
servants of Dorothy's injury, and each hastens
to her room. The family doctor, whom the servarts
have called and who has long known of the strained
relationship of the Wynnes, refuses to allow either
of them to enter the sick child's chamber an her
condition is critical and requires perfect quietness.
For hours tbe child lingers between life and
death, no word coming from the sick room which
the doctor and nurse dare not leave for an instant.
Unable to bear the strain longer, the parents seek
the hall just outside their child's door and meet
there. The thought of Dorothy overcomes the
mother and she sinks down by the door. Wynne
gently lifts her up and for tbe first time In years
each is glad of the other's presence. Throughout
the long weary night they sit on the stairs by the
child's room, Mrs. Wynne finally dropping to sleep
In her husband's arm. With tbe new day's dawn
the crisis Is passed and the doctor breaks the
news to the pair whose love has been rekindled
by the suffering of their child.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (Jan. 6).—
A synopsis of this special two-reel release was
published in the advertisement of the General Film
Company on pages 1316 and 1317 of last week's
issue.
AN ITNSULLIED SHIELD (Jan. 7).— His Grace,
the Dulio of Rutland, is dying and bis family
consisting of his wife and bis only son are at
his bedside. He admonishes his son to live up
to the best traditions of his ancestors and the
boy swears to be a worthy son of a worthy sire
and talies liis mother in his arms, Indicating that
he will be henceforth her refuge, whereupon the
old duke passes away happily contented.
We later see the Duke In a Monte Carlo Casino;
he loses to such an extent that he Is wiped out
and can only continue playing on I. O. U's, Upon
returning to London he borrows money from a
notorious money lender whom he promises to pay
back In thirty days. He forgets about the obliga-
tion, but a month later he Is forcibly reminded
of it by the money lender who threatens to ex-
pose him. He promises to settle the following
day.
Afraid of exposure he forges his mother's name to
a checlv. Later sitting In front of several great
paintings of his ancestors, consplcuons among
whicli Is a shield, he falls asleep and In bis dream
he recltlessly crashes a glass of liquor against
tbe escutclieon.
One by one we see the gentlemen of the pictures
leave their frames, advance toward the sleeping
Duke and In an Intensely dramatic scene each de-
scribes how he fought for the name which he
bears.
The Duke Is still asleep and slowly along tbe
gallery is seen to approach bis mother. She moves
to his side and tenderly awakes him. He starts
suddenly, looks around the room, sees the paint-
ings, the shield, his mother and Is utterly be-
wildered. Suddenly he recoils and quickly cross-
ing to the wall, takes the shield down and closely
examines it. He finds It unsullied. Reverently
raising It to bis lips he kisses it. He looks toward
his mother and taking the check book from his
pocket shows her the forged name. She is greatly
affected but coming to a decision destroys the
check. He falls on his knees In deep contrition
but she gently raises him up and going to the
table signs a blank check and presents It to bim.
After reading It he turns to the paintings of his
ancestors and Indicates that he will be true to
the trust and leave no blot upon bis escutcheon.
INTEBRUPTED WEDDING BELLS (Jon. 8).—
John Smith, an Inveterate smoker, gave Miss
Brown his word of honor he would never smoke
again. On this condition only would she accept
him as her future husband. In spite of his long-
ing for tobacco, Smith carried out his resolution
much to the amusement of his former pals, who
decide to play a little Joke on him. On tbe day
of his wedding they sent him a cigar containing
an explosive, representing It to be a "No-to-bac"
and that by smoking it he wonid lose the taste
for tobacco forever. Smith still hankering for
tobacco and more than anxious to lose the taste,
lights the **No-to-bac" which promptly explodes,
singeing his mustache and eyebrows — bis face is
now a comical sight to behold, on the eve of his
wedding too. He loses considerable time, being
obliged to go to the barber's to have his physiog-
nomy put In shape again. Mr. Jones, who closely
resembles Mr. Smith, Is passing tbe bouse where
the non-appearance of the groom has created much
excitement among the family who have gathered
to witness the marriage.
They seize Jones, believing him to be Smltb,
rush him Into the house and proceed with the
ceremony. Jones madly protests and finally
manages to telephone his wife to come to bis
aid. Smith then appears with a clean shave and
is not recognized and matters become more com-
plicated. At this point Jones'a wife puts In an
appearance and a most laughable scene follows,
as to who is who. After much hubbub matters
are straightened out to the satisfaction of all
concerned.
Mrs. Jonea departs with her husband while the
belated Smith and his tear stained MJss Brown
take their positions under the wedding hell as
the marriage ceremony is about to begin.
THE ELDORADO LODE (Jan. 10).— Jim Harris
had pinned all his hopes for years on the Eldorado
Lode and somehow It had never seemed to quite
pan out and when bis little baby girl was hurt
and he needed money for a serious and expensive
operation upon her, he threw everything in the
balance and offered to sell the mine to a New
York mining corporation at almost any price.
They sent a man out West to investigate and
purchase it at the lowest possible price.
But the mining expert meets with an accident
on the mountain trail near the Eldorado Lode and
Jim Harris finds him unconscious with his horse
dead beside him. Harris takes him to his humble
home and his wife nurses him back to life and
health. Thus it is that the expert comes to
understand the suffering and great need of money
that Is forcing Harris to sell and upon Investigating
the mine he discovers It is worth a fortune.
During ail this a rival company has been
watching and one day the New York man finds
anotber man In the mine making the same dis-
covery that he made and the former realizes It
is a case of wits, nerve and muscle In order to
win a vast fortune. In a very short space of
time all these are brought into play as he finds
himself bound hand and foot by a Mexican greaser
while his rival rides away to complete the pur-
chase of the mine. By quick wit and forcible
action the captor finds himself tbe captnred and
mounting the Mexican's horse, the man from New
York starts on a race for the possession of the
mine.
His rival's horse becomes lame and our New
York expert finds there is notbing, beyond closing
the deal with Its owner, to prevent him taking
possession of the mine. Harris has gone for the
doctor for his little child and when the expert
arrives at the doctor's house he hears the father
pleading for help and medical aid. Realizing that
he Is about to win a fortune for a rich New York
corporation at the price of b is own Ideas and Is
cheating a man out of something that means so
much to him, it so ends that when the purchase
is finally completed, Jim Harris is still half owner
of tbe Eldorado Lode and the possessor of a
check for |60,000.
The last scene closes with the Joy of the child's
life being saved and the mother's fond eyes ex-
pressing mute thanks to a man who did what he
thought right.
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otber's names and yet In that meeting they had
liuown each other as mates and had kissed only
to he separated. Neither knew where to find tbe
other and each buried the secret and now they are
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thrown together — he, the bridegroom, she, the maid
of boDor.
After the meeting June and Lee struggle brave-
ly to carry themeelves through the ordeal, though
various circumstances malie this difficult' indeed.
The evening before the wedding we see them
go through the rehearsal of the ceremony. Grace
retires to her room with a headache. June also
retires after accidentally dropping a rose she has
been wearing. After reaching her room June
wonders whetlier Lee will think she has dropped
the rose for a purpose. Then she wonders whether
be picked It up and is tempted to go and see.
Upon reaching the hall she finds Lee kissing the
rose and turns to dee but be is past restraint. He
seizes her wrist and they are lost. Emotion has
sway and June agrees to elope with him. They
are convinced that Grace will recover from the
blow, that she does not feel very deeply any-
way and their own happiness Is paramount.
Jane gets her traveling bag and they are about
t'o leave the house when Grace comes on the scene,
walking In her sleep. While June and Lee stand
to one side the sleeping girl goes through her
part of the marriage ceremony as It had been
rehearsed. The madness of June and Lee disap-
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Grace up to her own room. Then she goes down
to Lee again and with a wordless look of chastened
understanding, they separate. In the last scene
we are shown the wedding ceremony and June is
truly a maid of honor.
BIOGRAPH.
THE TELEPHONE GIEL AKD THE LADY (Jan.
6) .—Over the wire two friends were made and a
catastrophe averted. Then In gratitude for her
deliverance the lady enabled two young hearts to
realize their desire. Watchful eyes had reckoned
without the telephone girl and her many branch-
ing wires, while her father had reckoned with-
out" the sergeant on the beat and the lady. The
father coveted the groceryman and his store for
the girl, but the lady found a way to satisfy
all.
THE BEST MAN WINS (Jan. 9).— That goes
without saying, but In this case the man was
doubly best. He was the belated bridegroom's
rival In . love, waiting on the right hand of the
lady at the wedding to be. No wonder she trans-
ferred her life' s fortune then and there. The
evidence against the delinquent groom was too
terrible and Incriminating to behold. One conld
not blame her. She preferred marriage unabridged.
So the best man won.
THE BITE OF A SNAHE (J&n. 9).— Zeke was
the genius of Dry Town. It looked for a time as
if the Women's C. T. U. was going to be baffled.
Antidotes are antidotes and medicine is medicine.
Neiher can be denied he suffering man. But the
vigilant ladles found the cause. That was the
end of Zeke and his genius. But they all got
stung.
PATHE.
PATHE'S "WEEKLY, NO. 1, 1913 (Dec. 30).—
New York, N. Y. The Suffragettes' New York-
to-Albany-hike starts forth bravely with twenty-
nine members In the army.
Stockholm, Sweden. Some agricultural scientists
are experimenting with a new plow operated by
a kerosene motor.
Glencoe, Pa. Two B. & 0. engines and 42 cars
on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. run away down the moxintaln side, jump
the track and pile up at the foot of an embank-
ment, killing five men.
Lule Burgas, Turkey. The Turkish army re-
treats toward the Tchatalja lines after a disastrous
defeat.
Mt. Vernon, Va. The Alexandria Masonic Lodge,
of which Washington was the first Grand Master,
lays wreaths on the tomb of the First President
on the 113th Anniversary of his death.
Jena, Germany. The stone bridge of Camsdorfer
Is destroyed by the river Saale, swollen by recent
torrential rains.
PEGGY AND THE OLD SCOUT (Tan. 8).— Billy
Gody, an express messenger, Is entrusted with a
bag of gold which he Is to carry over the Broken
Trail. He Is mounted on his pel' horse, Peggy,
which he has taught to perform some clever tricks.
The length of the Journey necessitates a night's
encampment. While he is sleeping, a band of
Indians make him a prisoner. He refuses to tell
where the gold is hidden and Is tied to the stake,
but Peggy with her teeth unties the knots that
bind him to the tree. Gody Is pursued by the Red-
men and while he is fighting them off Peggy races
back to town and summons some cowboys who
soon rout the Indians, thus allowing Peggy and
the old Scout to continue their journey.
THE HOLLOW TREE (Jan. 9).— The heir to a
comfortable fortune Is followed by a tramp and
laid low with a blow from a hammer which the
tramp has stolen from the blacksmith shop of
Jeff Reed. The tramp buries the money near a
hollow tree and then summons the police who
find the hammer and accordingy arrest the black-
smith. Reed's outraged family help him to escape
from the cell and he goes to the scene of the
murder In search of some evidence that will clear
his name. The tramp returns about this time and
the blacksmith watches him Intently from the
hollow tree In which he has concealed himself.
When the tramp has dug the money from its
hiding place and started away. Reed springs upon
him, turns him over to the authorities and has
little difficulty in proving his Innocence and the
guilt of the new prisoner.
STARTING SOMETHING (Jan. 11) .—Charlie
Clarkson and his wife, Gwendoline, are very happy
until bis mother-in-law suggests to her daughter
that she keep Charlie imder control by means of
mental suggestion. Gwendoline does. She tells
Charlie that he has been poisoned by drinking
just a little dark brown liquor from a punch bowl
and that in order to keep from dying he must keep
moving. This tip alarms the servants who Im-
mediately start and keep jumping until one by
one tbey fall exhausted. Clarkson continues to
impersonate a jumplng-Jack until Mrs. Clarkson
breaks the spell and he admits the joke Is on him.
C. G. P. C.
LOVE UNCONQTTEEABLE (Jan. 7).— Max Linder
again to the fore as a lover who undertakes to
convince Papa that Max Is the son-in-law he Is
going to have. Of course, the girl has decided
that no one will do but Max, and with these two
agreeable, there Is nothing for father to do but
comply, although he makes many brave and amus-
ing attempts to avoid losing his daughter to the
fickle Max.
RADIOGRAPHY IN PRACTICE (Jan. 10).— Some-
thing absolutely new! X-ray photographs are still
one of the foremost wonders of science, but X-ray
motion pictures are an innovation. In this film
the action of the knee joint, the fingers, hand
and wrist are seen, as well as views of various
small animals under the penetrating rays, show-
ing the workings of their Interior organs.
THE LIFE OF ANTS (Jan. 10).— This industrious
insect gives a lesson In thrift and systematic work-
ing which will be a revelation to a great many
people and an interesting and instructive film
for everyone.
ESSANAY.
THE HEIRESS (Jan. 7).-^immy, the impecuni-
ous, arrives at the club, where his fellow mem-
bers are engaged In a game of cards. He helps
himself to a cigarette and borrows a five spot
from one of the boys in the same breath. Baxter,
a fellow club member, receives a message from
the family doctor, stating that he had better re-
turn to his home immediately. Arriving at home
he sends a message to the boys at ttie club telling
them that the heiress has arrived, and that some
of the nice marriageable fellows bad better come
up and meet her. Enthused with the spirit of
being "near uncles," they buy everything from a
rattle to a rocking horse, and with the cargo under
their arms, swarm in upon the new father. In
their excitement they leave the message on the
table at the club. Jimmy picks it up and re-
turning to his home, dresses for the unusual oc-
casion of meeting the * 'heiress." Out of funds,
he returns to the club, where he makes a small
touch. Returning to his home again Jimmy takes
all of his earthly belongings and proceeds to a
pawn shop with them. He then calls at Baxter's
home and, mistaking the maid for the heiress. In-
vites her out to dine. With his roll of hard
earned money he buys the best of everything for
her from soup to wine. Mason, one of the club
members, sees Jimmy and the girl, and tells Bax-
ter about It. They all go to the restaurant where
Jimmy Introduces the girl to his friends as his
fiancee. Baxter Invites them all to his home. The
second maid brings In the baby, and the proud
father Introduces the baby to Jimmy as the heir-
ess, and explains that the young lady Jimmy has
been dining with, Is his maid. Realizing his
terrible mistake, Jimmy dashes madly from the
house, leaving behind a heart-broken Imaginary
heiress, and a hilarious congregation of club
colleagues.
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lif-r so slie would not give in to him, so they
both decided to go halfway which they did for then
for the rest of their lives together.
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MILANO.
FATTTF.B'S STRATEGEM (Jan. 4).— Rita and
Marie are sisters, and with tlieir husbands, Luclen
and Henri, have gone to a ball. Here the atten-
tions the young ladies receive from the men flirts
on the dance floor arouse the ire of the two hus-
bands, and when this Is noticed by their wives
they foolishly decide to try patience to the limit.
The men naturally look for solace in the same plan
of action and find willing accomplices among the
women at the gathering. This brings matters to a
frisis, with the result that the four young people
are soon In a heated clash of recriminations. All
leav© hurriedly for home. The girls send for their
parents.
The father decides upon a plan of action. He
solemnly agrees with the young folks that they
have been mortally wronged and that their only-
redress Is In the decree of the divorce court. TMe
next day he calls the maid and the butler to his
room, and has them each write a letter at Ms dic-
tation. The butler writes a love note to Rita and
Marie asking them to meet two well known caval-
iers at a private room in one of the gayest restau-
rants of the city. The maid writes to the two young
husbands making an appointment for the same
time and place with two notorious chorus girls.
Each make the restriction that they are to at-
tend In full disguise and mask, that prying husband
or wife may he none the wiser. The notes com-
pleted, father has tlie butler take his note to the
two young men, telling them he has Inadvertently
picked It up in the ladles' dressing room, while
the maid takes her note to the ladles saying she
has found It on the men's dressing table. The re-
sult l8 as the old gentleman had anticipated. The
yoang folks, believing their worst fears verified,
decide to go to the cafe at tlie appointed time and
there confront their guilty mates.
That evening father and mother arrive first at
the cafe to arrange willi the proprietor for the
little tableau. They hide on the approach of the
young men. The husbands are quickly followed
by the wives, all In domino and mask. They fly
to unmask each other, and in the surprise and
confusion that follows all their Jealousy disappears.
A greater surprise awaits them for the old folks
come from their biding place laughing at them.
VICTOR.
THE GUOUCH (Jan. S). — John Uorgan Is a
grouch. Hie stenographer, Kate, let him rave
until one day when it was cold and he Insisted
upon having the window open right over her head,
her patience gave out and she simply told him in
a very emphatic manner that "she would not freeze
to death for any man." She was dismissed from
his employ.
A few days before this a girl named Nan Keyes
applied for a position In the office. Kate told her
there was no opening but John Morgan upon enter-
ing the room heard Kate's remark and immediately
found a position for Nan in the stock room to
take the position of shipping clerk which had been
held by Dan whom Morgan put back in the ship-
ping room with the other boys. Immediately upon
Kate's dismissal from the office Nan was asked
if she could do stenography and as she could she
was taken into the office to work.
One day Nan caught a dreadful cold from toe
window she had left open to make Morgan angry.
That day he left the office before she did and on
going ont dropped his wallet on the floor. Nan
found it and having no place to keep It until morn-
ing she put It In her bag for safety. Now Nan
had an enemy In an admirer of hers. Dan had
been an ardent admirer of Nan's, overstepped
courtesy one day. and Nan had given him a good
slap in the face before the eyes of his fellow work-
men and he was ready for revenge.
His time came for Just as Nan picked up the
purse he stepped Into the room and then" quickly
out again having seen her put the wallet into her
own bag. The next day Nan was too sick to
come to work and when John Morgan inquired If
anyone had beard from her Dan told what he bad
seen. Morgan did not believe and forbid him to
say anything more on the subject bat went straight
to Nan*8 house. He was surprised to find her In
such poor lodgings and found that she supported
her good for nothing father, who Inhabited the
saloons. To this father she had given the wallet to
be returned toMr. Morgan when she found she was
too ill to go to business. He stopped in to treat
his friends and when Nan and Mr. Morgan found
him, some of the money had disappeared. It was
then that John Morgan found Nan should not live
with this dreadful father of hers, but when be told
UNIVERSAL.
ANIMATED WEEKLY No. 42 (Dec. 25).. SMALL-
EST HOR.se in THE WORLD. Eight years old,
weighs thirty-seven pounds, twenty-two inches high.
ROYALTY AT DRANMEN. King Haakon and
bis suite witness the opening of the skating sea-
son at Dranmeu, Norway.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR WRECK. Two
freight trains crash at Easton, Pa.
PARIS FASHIONS. Latest importations from the
Paris millinary shops.
THE LAST "CLASSIC." The November Handi-
cap is won by "Wagstaff's" at Manchester, England.
FIRE AT BRADDOCK. A disastrous fire sweeps
over the buslfless section of Braddock, Pa .
SPRINGBOKS VS. MIDLANDS. The Springboks.
South Africa's Rugby Team, have a great victory
over the Midlands at Leicester, England.
THE PEOPLE'S LINE. The Three-Cent Car Line
permanently established over the Manhattan Bridge,
New York City.
THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. The Kaiser re-
views his troops at Berlin.
PEERESSES AT PLAY. The House of Lords'
Ladles and House of Commons' Ladies play for the
Silver Challenge Cup at Manchester, England.
PRESIDENT TAFT RECEIVES THE BOY CORN
GROWERS. The prize winning corn growers visit
the Chief Executive at the National Capitol.
ON TO ALBANY. Suffragettes saunter to the
Capitol to present a petition to Hon. William Sulzer,
the Governor-elect of New York.
WHO'S WHO IN STAGELAND. TRIXIE FRI-
GANZA, .the musical comedy star poses for the
Animated Weekly.
FRONTIER.
THE HORSE RACE AT HAWLEY'S RANCH
(Jan. 1). — A widow has been struggling while her
only daughter has been growing to womanhood
to keep the little ranch home for their own. Re-
verses came and a mortgage is placed on the ranch.
A dance Is to be held at Hawley's Ranch and Meg
and' her motlier are invited. While the young
folks are enjoying the dance, the old folks bike to
the house where old cider Is served. They go
back to the young dancers and find our heroine has
succeeded In lassoing the new hand at Hawley's
Ranch. Her long braid of hair has become tangled
In one of the buttons of his vest, and before the
untangle Is completed, the two young folks are in-
clined to think that Fate must have had a hand
in it, and Meg glides away In the arms of the
cowboy.
We go back to the old folks and find that the
cider has started Its work and they go out on
the lawn and do a "hoe-down." At its finish old
man Hawley Is ready to bet every cent he
ever saw that his ranch outfit can beat any other
ranch outfit In the world and tliat he has a horse
that can beat any other horse In Ajnerlca, and
he backs his argument with $500.00 In cash.
The notice is written and the two old sports hike
to where the young folks are. The young people
gather around. The dance comes to an end and
each cowboy feels that he is got to win that
race which is to take place the following Thurs-
day. The following morning Meg's mother re-
ceives notice that unless the $400.00 can be paid
on the mortgage on the coming Thursday the mort-
gage will be foreclosed Immediately. Meg rides
up to the little home, sees her mother in distress
and learns tlie cause. A thought comes to her:
Wliy -could not she in the disguise of a man enter
the race?
The scene now changes to the day of the race.
The horses are all lined up. As the shot is
about to be fired, Meg drives her horse to
the line-up and as the shot Is fired tlie horses
dash away almost simultaneously. As the race
jirogresses we see Meg's horse gradually forging to
the front. The race Is over and there Is great ex-
citement when it Is learned tliat it Is Meg who
has won the race. She hurries home and Is just In
time to pay over the money to the man who holds
the mortgage.
CRYSTAL.
HEROIC HAROLD (Jan. 12).— Harold is of a
very timid disposition. He Is In love with Pearl,
whose father does not look with favor upon Harold's
suit. Harold calls on Pearl and father sticks
around. To rid themselves of tlie old gent Pearl
plays the piano and Harold sings. Father exits,
leaving the young couple to their love-making.
Father goes into the library to read. Meanwhile
a burglar enters the dining-room and proceeds to
help himself to llie family plate. Harold hear-
ing a noise goes into the dining-room and after
a tussle the burglar succeeds in making his escape.
Pearl tells Harold to pretend that he is fighting
the burglar and she will bring father to witness
his bravery. This Pearl does and father prepares
his revolver for action. Harold, meantime, Is
making a wreck of the dining-room, upsetting
table and chairs, and father enters just as tlie
burglar Is supposed to have Jumped through the
window. Harold and Pearl tell of his great feat
in vanquishing the intruder and father's objections
to Harold are a thing of the past.
A NIGHT AT THE CLUB (Jan. 12).— Mr. Bored-
man promises to take his wife to the opera. In-
stead his friend Barnett induces him to go out
on a lark. Boredman tells his wife that he must
go out on business, but her suspicions being aroused,
she follows him. The men go to a gambling house
tliat is masked by being represented as a literary
society. Tliey proceed to play, when the door-
keeper tells Boredman that his wife Is outside.
He makes his escape through the window, and she
enters, but being unable to find her husband, gives
Barnett a masterful tongue-lashing. Just then the
place is raided and everybody in the place Is
arrested, Including Mrs. Boredman. Boredman goes
home, and it being very late at night, and his
wife not being home, he begins to worry. He
visits the club-house and getting into an argu-
ment with the policeman in charge is also arrested.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Boredman Is still in jail. Barnett
and others are in a cell, when to their surprise
Boredman is brought in to geep them company.
Mrs. B. shouts her way out of jail in the morn-
ing and goes home. Hubby also is released and
each pretends that llie other has been away all
night, claiming to have been at home. However,
they explain to each other and fall into each other's
arms in sympathy, vowing that in the future they
would be all in all to each other.
BISON
A MAID AT WAE. (2 reelfr— Jan. 4).— Fred, the
son of Colonel Clayton, and brother of Eva,
graduates with Frank, son of a neighbor and lover
of Eva. At a club meeting, a member announces
the declaration of war. All drink to the success
of the South, with the exception of Frank, who
refuses. He announces his intention of fighting
for the North. He stands alone. Even Eva re-
nounces him and if almost breaks her heart.
During the war Frank is detailed to obtain in-
formation from the Southern country, and Ms
secret mission takes him near the residence of
Colonel Clayton. He wears a Southern uniform,
taken from a Sonfhemer who died in the hospital.
Fred is sent with an Important dispatch from
his father to another Southern commander and
takes the opportunity to make a hasty call on
his sister. Frank sees the dispatch up his sleeve,
runs through the bushes and awaits the coming of
Fred, when he pulls him from his horse, stuns
him, takes the important dispatch and rides off.
All this is seen by a negro, who runs and tells
Eva. Eva hastens to her brother's assistance,
telling the negro to follow with her horse. Fred
regains consciousness and tells Eva of the theff.
She takes his gun, and mounting rides after Frank.
Her horse is the swifter and she overtakes- him
and holds him up. She gets the dispatches and
marches him to the tent of the Colonel, to whom
the missive Is addressed. Frank is taken prisoner
and makes a sensational escape.
A battle is fought, in which Colonel Clayton Is
eventually forced to retreat after an attack and
a charge. Frank rejoins his command in time to
show his mettle. The war is over and love eventu-
ally conquers. Frank and Eva are reunited.
THE ROMAITCE OF THE TTTAH PIONEERS (2
reels— Jan. 7) . — Edward Martin and Alice, mar-
ried, start out for Salt Lake with the "Hand
Cart Immigrants," so-called because a number of
the adventurers pushed and pulled their belongings
ahead of them on small, rough carts. Edward
Martin is made Captain of the train.
The Indian tribes a:/e at peace and little Watana
and Mountain Pine make love as Watana weaves
her pretty baskets. Unfortuiintely the Mexican
raiders are In the vicinity, capturing Indians and
selling them into slavery. Watana is seized and
taken away and Is made love to by the guide.
Mountain Pine traces her and rides back and
arouses the Indians, who steal up on the marauders
and annihilate them. Watana and other Indians
are rescued. The Indians are fiushed with victory
and consumed wlh hatred for all pale faces. They
see the Hand Cart Immigrants and determine to
attack them.
Edward Martin and his followers have had a
hard time. The guide is killed by falling over
a cliff and the party is lost. Starvation and thirst
stare tliem In the face and the whole party is
suffering intensely. Little Watana has had her
meed of suffering and determines to try and save
the Immigrants. She pleads with Mountain Pine
and the old chief and they listen to her. and In-
stead of attacking the party decide to help them.
The Immigrants find water, which revives them
and sustains them long enough to allow Watana
to bring them provisions. Little Watana is puzzled
when Alice kisses her, hut she decides that the
practice Is a good one and Imparts the experience
to tlie astonished Mountain Pine, who also thinks It
nice.
AN APACHE FATHER'S VENGEANCE (Jan.
11). — Little Taplda, the Apache maiden, rides to
the Fort with her baskets. She is pretty and shy
and the ladles make much of her and buy her
wares. They think it will be fun to dress her
in some good clothes and take her to the ball.
She Is girlishly pleased at tlie Idea of dressing
up and agrees.
She duly appears with the womenfolk, attired
in a party dress, in which she is anything but
comfortable. The guests laugh at her and Captain
Cutler comes to her rescue. He advises her to
go back to camp and talks kindly to ber.
.\lchlse, the Apache Chief and father of Tapida,
comes to the Fort to »sk If they have his daughter.
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He sees her in civilian clotbes and Is seized with
Insane rage. Alchlse renounces fbe girl and she
becomes a regimental favorite, being particularly
attached to Cutler.
The Chief vows vengeance and attacks the Fort
while part of the Garrison is absent. Tapida
climbs the stockade, secures a dead Indian's pony
and rides to a commanding bill, where she builds
a fire and gives the Apache war signal. This Is
seen by the outgoing troop, who return at full
gallop. They arrive just in time, for the survivors
are penned in the officers' quarters, which are set
on fire.
The Indians are captured and as Tapida rxins to
Captain Cutler, the old Chief Alchlse Area and kills
her and she dies surrounded by her new friends.
Alchiso falls, riddled with bullets.
ECLAIR.
A "WAGER (Dec. 31). — Bert and his cbum Jack
De Peyster were on their way to the club one
evening when they see two policemen arresting a
rather tbugh looking guy. Jack is rather sym-
pathetic but Bert laughs at him, and says that the
arrest is undoubtedly a good thing for society and
takes exception to Jack's statement that a perfectly
innocent man can be arrested and thrown Into jail
and promptly accepts Jack's offer to wager $500
that he can be arrested and not commit a crime of
any kind.
Jack secures some old clothes and dressed in these
enters a swell cafe much to the disgust of the
other diners, one of whom notifies the proprietor
who phones for tbe police. The police arrive,
Jack is arrested as a suspicious character and taken
to the police station; from the station he sends a
note to Bert telling him of his predicament, and
asking him to come over and bail him out. Bert
realizes he has lost the wager, but thinks to have
Bome fun with Jack and denies all knowledge of
him.
Meanwhile Jack's valet has become alarmed at
his master's absence and hurries to the home of
Miss Livingstone. Jack's fiancee and tells her of his
fears. Miss Livingstone and her mother hurry to
the police station to notify the police and there
see and identify Jack who is promptly released;
and when Bert finally arrives at the police station
once more be is arrested and thrown into a cell for
playing pranks with the force. However it all ends
well with the police captain a guest of the two
boys at tbe club.
A TAMMANY BO ARDEK (Jan. 2) .—In this
picture the Eclalr's new stock members, tbe Royal
Bengal Tiger, "Princess" plays the leading role.
The owner of Princess is forced to leave his board-
ing bouse owing to non-payment of rent and Is
forced to leave bis trunk behind. Now, In this
trunk he has been keeping his pet tiger and when
the landlady and maid in search of something of
value in place of the money due for board, he
permits the tiger to escape and the fun com-
mences. The tiger searches through the entire
house for his master frightening the Inmates nearly
to death and causing no end of an uproar. The
owner is finally sent for, and returning removes
the tiger from the premises and Is well rewarded for
so doing.
CHAWFISH (Jan. 6).— This "small lobster of
sweet water" Is one of the inbabltant's of the river
most appreciated. This crustacean is of nocturnal
habits, for during the day it remains hidden in
boles under stones. Who has never seen craw-
fish walking slowly on the shallow bed of a river
or swimming backwards by leaps?
The females carry their eggs in clusters under
their bodies and breed in November. The craw-
fish are easily attracted by a piece of meat and
can be caught by means of a special balanced net.
Their worst enemy, beside man, la the rat. In
order to remedy the extraordinary destructions
resulting from difTerent causes, such as epidemics
and wars and also the great human consumption
of crawfish, so much appreciated by tbose who are
fond of delicate foods, an experiment of artificially
restocking the rivers, has proven successful.
WILLY, KING OF THE JANITORS (Jan. 6).—
Willy's parents, janitors, leave the house in his
care and he, of course, takes the job seriously. He
starts by pushing aside a porter, who Is carrying a
trunk to an apartment above and a tenant who did
not wipe his feet before entering the house. An-
noyed, by an organ grinder, Willy makes him get
out In a hurry and becomes furious when be sees
one of the tenants shaking a rug out of a window.
Coming down tbe stairs, he notifies an old lady
with a small dog. "No dogs In this house'* says
Willy. He spills some water over the old lady
and lets the dog loose. It runs away, followed by
its mistress.
In spite of a notice that no orders will be given
after ten o'clock in the morning, a few tradesmen,
butcher, baker, grocer, etc., arrive and they are
w^ll received by Willy.
As it Is the day the rents are due, the landlord
calls to collect them but Willy thinks It Is not
yet time and gets out a hose with which he wets
everybody who has been watching him. Soon his
mother returns and Willy receives proper punish-
ment which bis excess of zeal has won for him.
AN ACCn)Ein:AL servant (Jan. 7).— Billy
Sheldon returns from a trip abroad and tries to
settle down to work on a picture that he hopes
win prove bis masterpiece, but: Is so restless and
nervous that when an Invitation comes from his
old friend Dick Lang to spend a week as a guest
at a house-party, he jumps at It and starts to
motor out to Dick's home.
The day Billy chooses to begin his visit, Grace
Ellis, one of the guests of Dick and his wife went
out for a ride in Dick's car. When the engine
broke down at the entrance to a park Grace, rather
than wait, started to walk through, telling the
cbaufTeur to meet her on the other side of the
park when he has finished his repairs.
Now It happens that Billy's car broke down at
about tbe same time, and as Grace came out of
the park and saw Billy standing alongside of his
engine, which he had Just succeeded in starting,
she mistook him for Dick's driver and ordered him
home.
Arriving at Dick's home Billy Insists upon car-
rying out the joke, with the assistance of the
others who disguise him In a masquerade beard
and wig, and appoint blm as temporary butler.
Everything works out as planned until Grace dis-
covers the joke that is being played and spoils
it all. How does she spoil it? Why, by falling
in love with him, of course.
THE RETITRN OF LADY LINDA (Jan. 9).—
An extended review of this two- reel subject was
published in last week's issue on page 1309.
THE GOBBLER AND THE FINANCIER (Jan.
12). — This story deals with a poor cobbler who
sings while he works from morning till night. But
his songs disturb bis wealthy neighbor who sends
for him and asks, "Can't you hold your tongue
when you are working ?*' The cobbler replies
that be cannot, so the financier gives him a
sovereign and requests him not sing any more.
Believing that he is now In possession of all the
gold in tbe world the cobbler departs gleefully,
profusely thanking the financier. After a short
time, the brave cobbler finds that he Is not very
happy for be cannot work without singing and
cannot live without working. He Is in grea t
distress and finally decides to return the money
and says, "Take back your sovereign — I must sing
so that I can work and be happy," And he returns
to his shop leaving the financier very much per-
plexed.
The next morning the financier Is awakened very
early by the cobbler's song. But Jeanneton. one
of his servants, Is sure she has found a way to
rid tbe master of his annoyance. She calls on
the cobbler and makes him believe she has fallen
in love with him, and he, of course, responds to tbe
advances of the pretty young girl. She consents
to marry him if he should procure a hundred
pounds. "So much; How can I get that amount?"
Then be remembers bis deal with the financier.
He goes to him again and receives the money,
promising that he will not sing any more. Of
course, tbe financier asks for a receipt for the
money and tbe happy cobbler, elated with hap-
piness, signs the paper without even reading it.
He hastily returns to his shop. Jeanneton calls
and he gives her the hundred pounds, asking her
to make good her promise. But instead of getting
the girl he Is confronted by a horrible sheriff, who
has come to turn him out of his shop! Instead
of a receipt he has signed a paper reading as
follows: "Received from the Count De Montreuil
the sum of one hundred pounds in exchange for
my cobbler's shop."
IMP.
THE BEARER OF BTTRDENS (Jan. 2).-^ohn
Strong, chief clerk of a great mercantile house,
weds Helen Foster. Her sudden rise from poverty
to affluence quite turns her head. Meanwhile,
John has given employment to Helen's never-do-well
brother, Tom, whose gambling passion has been
his ruin, and who repays this kindness by a theft
from tbe firm which circumstances enable him to
fasten upon John. To protect his wife's brother,
John makes good the amount.
Unable to obtain employment on account of the
stigma on his name after his ^scharge, John
gradually sinks into abject poverty. Tom be-
comes a homeless wanderer. John's strength falls
him under the heavy load and he determines to
end his life when a street accident brings the
brothers-in-law together. The strong will of John
asserts Itself at Tom's belated confession which
lifts the burden from John's life, and the weak
wife Is made to realize her husband's devotion.
WHAT KATY DID (Jan. 4).— Dick Hacaire, walk-
Ing along the street, sees Mary Carew and smitten
with her charms, he follows her. When she ar-
rives at her house a window cleaner is seen com-
ing down the ladder from the first floor window.
Dick looks at the ladder.
Mary receives a letter from her sister, Katy Did.
an actress, who has written saying that she will
come to spend a few days with her and has
forwarded her trunk " in advance. The maid and
tbe expressman enter with the trunk. Mary un-
ties the rope from the trunk, and finds it full of
theatrical apparel. Dick climbs up the ladder and
enters through the window. Dick tells her he
has fallen In love with her at first sight. Mary
says she is married. The window cleaner takes
away the ladder and Mary's husband. Jack, arrives
and finds he bas forgotten the secret door key and
rings the bell.
Mary and Dick are frightened. Dick tries to
get out of the window and finds the ladder gone.
He cannot go out of the door as he will meet Mary's
husband on the stairs. Mary gives him a woman's
costume and wig, points to room and tells him
to put tbem on in that room to which Dick exits
hurriedly. Her husband enters and demands to
know why he has been kept watting so long. Mary
tries to smooth blm over when Dick enters from
other room dressed as a woman and drops his suit
of clothes Into the trunk. Mary's husband wants
to know wbo Dick is and Mary Introduces him
as her sister Katy Did.
The maid enters and tells Mary she Is wanted
and they both exit leaving Dick and Jack In pos-
session of the scene. Dick now has a funny scene
of making love to Jack and both go out Into the
garden.
Now Katy Did, the real sister arrives, enters
the room, opens the trunk, and finds a man's suit
of clothes there. She demands an explanation
from Mary, who tells her exactly the real state of
affairs. Katy tben plans a trick on Dick; taking
his clotbes, she goes into another room.
Dick and Mary's husband are now seen In the
garden, Dick smoking a cigar to the amazement of
Jack. When Dick sees an opportunity of escap-
ing he goes back into the room to get his clothes
out of the trunk, but finds they are gone. He
tben sees Katy Did coming into tbe room with his
clothes on. He asks her who she Is and she
puts ber hand In bis pocket and presents him with
his own visiting card. They recognize in each
other old sweethearts and desire to change back
into their original clothes.
The husband comes on and la amazed when he
sees two strange people in the room. His wife
explains and introduces her sister Katy Did- Katy
Did introduces Dick as her future husband.
SHE SLEPT THROUGH IT ALL (Jan. 6).— Young
Mr. Newlywed dearly loves his wife but he longs
for a night at the club, so he has the boy send a
telegram calling him to an important business con-
ference. He hurries to the club where a swallow-
tail has been provided for him and he assists at a
farewell bachelor dinner.
Next door to him live two spinster sisters of un-
certain age who are attending a suffragette meet-
ing. A strenuous debate Is before the members and
they pay no heed to tbe hour.
At last Mr. Newlywed finds that the lobster salad
disagrees with him and there is too much brandy
in tbe plum pudding sauce and he has to be helped
into a cab and the driver starts home with blm. The
night Is dark and Newlywed gets Into the spinsters'
house and travels laboriously up the stairs, leaving
mementoes in the shape of shoes and other articles
of apparel at every step. He tumbles wearily into
the spinsters* bed and is soon asleep.
The spinsters see it is three o'clock and start
home and are horrified to see the shoes and other
articles littering their neat stair case, but thinking
It Is the work of the man who lives upstairs they
enter their room, see the stranger asleep and rush
out shrieking for the police. This alarms him and
he gets safely Into his own house in time to see them
return with two sturdy policemen who, finding the
flat empty suspect the old ladles of having Imbibed
too much and leave in disgust.
Mr. Newlywed sees this through the keyhole of
bis door and is relieved to see the officers leave. And
the wonder of it is that the unsuspecting wife slept
through It all.
HEARTS OF THE NORTHLAND (Jan. 9)
Pierre, a hardy young trapper, loves Marie, a pretty,
brainless belle of the woodland, although he is sin-
cerely loved by Gabrielle, the orphaned cousin of
Marie. He and Marie are betrothed. The day of
the wedding Is near and Pierre Is very happy. Henry
Brooks, a wealthy New Yorker, arrives in the woods
for a hunting trip. He meets Marie and both be-
come fascinated. They elope. Pierre follows them,
intent- upon punishing Brooks, but arrives at the
depot as the train bearing them speeds away. Marie
and Brooks are married and he brings her to his pa-
latial home where she Is very unhappy as she knows
nothing of the conventions of society. In tbe mean-
time Pierre finds consolation In the love of Gabrielle
and forgets the butterfly. Marie suffers a nervous
breakdown and Is advised to take a trip in the
North woods and leaves accompanied by her hus-
band. Pierre and Gabrielle soon after their mar-
riage seek a bome In a remote spot and find happi-
ness. By a strange turn of the wheel of destiny
Brooks and Marie go to the distant village where
they are directed for lodgings to the hut of Pierre,
who pretends not to recognize Brooks. Later, Pierre
returns and finds Brooks flirting with Gabrielle and
proceeds to punish him, but Brooks runs away and
la pursued until he falls from a cliff. Believing him
dead Pierre climbs down a rope and rouses him from
Insensibility. Seeing he isn't seriously injured he
tells the shrinking coward he can climb to the sum-
mit of the cliff himself and leaves him there deem-
ing him too petty an object for vengeance.
THE BALD HEADED CLTTB (Jon. 11).— The girl
loves the young man for many reasons but above all
his charms she admires bis luxuriant and curling
locks. She detests bald headed men. One windy
day the president of the Bald Headed Club has a
spirited chase after his silk hat and only for the
young man snatching him from almost under the
wheels of an auto he would have lost bis life as well
as his hat. He invites tbe rescuer to the club where
the bald heads make him an honorary member The
girl reads of his election in the papers and a deadly
fear agitates her. What If HE la bald. Her fears
are soon swept away and she breathes freely The
young man is called away on a business trip. The
climate Is unhealthy and he loses all of his hair
It is gone, never to return.
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About this time a house decorator drops a pot of
paint on her and she loses her hair. She buys a
wig. It 1b so perfect that none suspect her eecret.
Her bethrothed returns and fearing to face her with
a polished dome he buys a wig so like his former
hair that she does not suspect the awful truth.
The Bald Headed Club give a Hallow'een party
and ducking for apples Is the principal sport of the
evening The young man tries his luck and loses
his wig in the tub. The girl Is horrified and almost
faints. Then she renounces him and is led away by
her sympathetic parents.
She goes to the hairdresser's to have her wig
dressed. He goes there upon a similar errand. A
bowl of powder Is dropped and as they look around
the partitions to see the cause of the noise they
spy each other. She Is highly mortified but Is soon
consoled and they decide to love each other even
with vrigs. And they marry. Some time later the
Bald Headed Club call at their home and elect the
young couple's twins Honorary Members of the Bald
Headed Club.
NESTOR.
CUPID'S ASSISTANTS (Jan. 6).— Eddie and
Louise are real nice youngsters, and they, of course,
love distractedly. They graduate, and Eddie circles
Xx>ulse with that little band of gold which means so
much. Louise goes home to her uncle and aunt,
who live in the country, and Eddie goes to visit Ms
uncle and aunt, who also live away from town.
The uncles are old friends, but are unaware of
the young couple's attachment. The uncles have an
old time agreement whereby the nephew of the one
is to marry the niece of the other. The Joyful
news is brolcen to the boy and girl, with the result
that they write and arrange a meeting In order to
escape such a terrible end to love's young dream.
The uncles get wind of the elopement and follow.
They all meet and the uncles are surprised when
they see each other. They agree to fool the young
couple and they are parted.
Eddie is held closely In by his uncle, who tells
him the girl he has in mind for him will arrive on
a certain day. Eddie Is in despair and when the
girl arrives they will not look at each other until
forced to do so. When they do see who Is before
them, they lose no time In coming to a clinch and
the uncles are proud of their Joke and its happy
ending.
GOLD AND DROSS (Jan. 8).— John and his part-
ner, Jim, have Implicit faith In their claim and
work it diligently every day, while John's wife, Jen-
nie, sits home and frets, becoming more discontented
each hour.
One day while the men are blasting, Sid, a fugi-
tive from justice, hides in the mine and is badly
wounded. John takes him home. Jennie finds him
a marked contrast to her husband, and Sid, forget-
ting his host's many kindnesses and little sacrifices,
asks Jennie to accompany him. She readily con-
sents.
In the meanwhile, the deputy has seen Sid at the
shack and he and the sheriff arrive to take Mm
again into custody. However, Sid sees them coming
and he and Jennie ride off on the sheriff and
deputy's horses. The officers soon get other horses
and follow. While they were preparing to leave,
John and Jim had struck gold and the husband
hastened home to tell Jennie of their good fortune,
only to find the home empty and her note of fare-
well awaiting him. Jennie and Sid reach the desert
but while looking for water, one of their horses gets
■ away and Sid mounts the other and goes in search
of him. Here he is overtaken by the sheriff, whose
bullet soon puts an end to the chase. Taking the
horse, the officers return, leaving the faithless wife
to wander along in the desert.
THE SUSPECiT (Jan. 10).— Three horse thelves
take some horses from a ranch. A reward of $500
is offered for the capture of the thieves. Bill, a
cowboy, sees the notice and later sees the stolen
horses in Prank's yard, the thieves having seen him
coming and having turned in while the place was
empty. He rides off and informs the sheriff. Frank
is employed on a nearby ranch and is given a note
to take to a distant ranch. He rides home soon
after the thieves have gone, having passed them and
questioned them regarding the led horses. Frank's
wife Is out and he leaves a note saying he has gone
to Oak Crest.
Mary returns and sees the note and tosses it on
the table, annoyed at his absence. The sheriff ar-
rives, tells her that Frank is suspected and that the
horses were seen in his yard and that he must have
gone off with them. They see the note at the same
time and reach for it, but the sheriff is quicker. He
goes and summons a , posse and rides after Frank.
Mary Is puzzled, but determined to warn Frank at
all hazards. She mounts her horse and goes after
him.
The horse thieves see Prank coming, and believe-
Ing he is after them, ambush him and gag and bind
him and hide him in the bushes where they camp
for the night. Mary is distracted as night ap-
proaches, but Is persistent. She sees a hat by the
roadside, dismounts and leaving her horse tethered,
she creeps up to the camp, takes one of the horse
thieves* guns, which lies by his side and releases
Frank. The two of them hold up the rustlers, and
hearing the sheriff and posse approaching, Mary
runs out and halts them. Frank and Mary decide to
deliver the note together and promise to call for
the reward upon their return.
REX.
THE ACTRESS (Jan. 9). — Mr. and Mrs. Horton
go shopping and leave their little son in the auto-
mobile at the curb. The boy steals out of the car
and explores the neighborhood. He finds his way to
the stage entrance of a theater and enters. There
Is a rehearsal in force and the leading lady sees the
boy and makes friends with him. The rehearsal la
temporarily suspended, and the actresses crowd
around the bright-looking boy and make much of
him. In the meantime the Hortons return and miss
the boy. They begin a search for him and find him
in the theater. The mother is shocked to find him
in the arms of an actress and denounces the stage
woman. The actress, wounded and hurt, vows ven-
geance. She immediately inaugurates a siege
against the husband, exerts all the wiles of which
she is mistress and wins him. He lavishes jewels
and costly gifts upon her, and neglects his wife and
son. At last his infatuation utterly overpowers him,
and he deserts bis wife. In poverty and helpless-
ness, she moves Into a squalid little room with her
boy. Accustomed to haviig everything she wanted,
her destitution is doubly severe. In tbe meantime,
the actress' purpose accomplished, she rejects the
man's further advances, secretly and sincerely de-
spising him. Things go from bad to worse vrlth the
other woman and her boy, and at last, in despair
and buried pride, she applies for a position In the
chorus. On the stage both women meet; the actress
glories In the degradation of the other, when the
child, recognizing her, runs to her arms. The child
touches the warm spring of sympathy and true wom-
anhood in the actress' heart, and she walks toward
the woman whom a moment before she had been per-
secuting, and offers the hand of friendship. She
forces her to accept the Jewels her husband had
given her, telling her they belong to her, and when
she refuses, urging her to do so In the name of her
boy. Both forgive and forget, and the woman be-
come sisters.
BY-GONE DAYS (Jan. 12) .—An old actor Is
shown in his room thinking of by-gone days, when
the landlady enters and demands her rent, which is
In arrears. The old man has no money and pleads
for a little time. The landlady is obdurate and or-
ders him into the street. He goes to his old trunk,
takes therefrom a scrap book, which he opens, and
it brings back to Mm memories of years gone by
when he was the idol of the public. He sees himself
as the Melancholy Dane; the Heroic Antony; the
Dramatic Richelieu, and a Brooding Othello. They
ell pass before him as in a dream, and finally the
book drops from his bands and he dies.
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ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE (Jan. 6).— Orrin Austin
and his wife were visiting at the Hope Country
Club. Austin merely left his wife sitting alone:
he made no effort to Introduce her and showed
bis neglect plainly to the guests about the club
grounds.
Austin, on the links, tiring of the game, met
Jennie Wilton, a widow. They strolled through-
out the grounds together and the vrtfe of Austin
grieved In her heart at the sight. Her mother,
proud of the splendid match her ingenuity had
made, watched proceedings carefully, drinking her
wine on the great balcony and ever keeping an
eye out for trouble.
It came when Jack Stanton, bachelor, made a
spectacular drive. The ball rolled three hundred
yards away and stopped at tbe feet of the lone-
some wife. Acquaintance ripened Into friendship
In an hour. Returning, after a stroll with the
Wilton woman, Austin saw his wife talking with
Stanton. Instantly there was a clash. Austin
turned upon his wife and the dislike of years
focused in a bitter speech.
He went away after that with the Wilton girl
and his lonesome wife, sitting alone, watched
through a glass while Austin kissed her in a boat
gliding through the trees toward the open lake. A
few moments later Austin made up his mind. Pull-
ing in toward shore, he wrote a note and sent a
boy to deliver It to his wife. Stanton, seeing it all,
took the note from the servant, and himself carried
it to the mother of Mrs. Aiutln. She read It,
smiled, gazed out to sea and turned happily toward
Jack Stanton.
THE TRAIL OF CARDS (Jan. 9). — Don Pedro,
a wealthy Mexican, and Bob Renwick, ranch fore-
man, both loved Bess and both sought her hand.
Her heart she gave to Bob and when Don Pedro
poured his passionate Spanish love Into her ears,
she sadly smiled and shook her head. Don Pedro
taught her to tell fortunes by cards and Bess
often sat alone In the hammock, Idly swinging and
finding much amusement In the trick.
Don Pedro, alone In his gardens, brooded. He
determined to kidnap her and took two Mexicans
with him to her home. He found her In the ham-
mock, threw a rope around it quickly swung it
between the saddles of his peons and they galloped
off. Swinging, cradle-like between the horsemen,
Bess bethought herself of her cards, and dropped
them, one by one through the hammock.
Later her absence was discovered and frantic
Bob with a posse took up the pursuit. He found
cards scattered along the way and followed tbe
trail to the mountains. There a battle royal oc-
cured and the Don. defeated by the very cards
whose use be had taught Bess, retired into the
hills to spend the remainder of his worthless life.
CALAMITY ANNE'S INHERITANCE (Jan. 11).—
Calamity Anne, forty-five years of age, attired in
wide slouch hat, short riding skirt, and sucking her
everlasting pipe, leaned against a shanty and
talked with the Misses Baxter and Barton. Enter
young Williams, of the big mining company on the
hill. Straight he went to Calamity and handed
her a screed entitled: "Calamity: Ton was good
to me once. I'm croakin* and here's my will. I
give and bequeath the Black Hole mine to you.
Goodbye and good luck. Walleyed Jake."
Calamity removed her pipe long enough to utter
a wild hurrah. Young Williams wanted to buy
the mine but Calamity simply sniffed at him.
Calamity with the Misses Baiter and Barton
saddled the burro and made off toward fortune, the
young Williams gentleman following at a dis-
creet distance, convinced that Calamity sooner or
later, would sell her holdings.
Arriving at the Black Hole and there with four
henchmen was Cal EMwards, dangerous bad man
with a nervous trigger finger. So Calamity simply
took possession of the shack, placed herself in the
door, rifie in hand and waited developments.
Edwards wanted to parley after he saw tbe rifle
but he finally decided not to wait.
Now the Miss Baxter was susceptible to a black
mustache, and when Cal Edwards met her the fol-
lowing day outside the shack she promised to re-
move those dangerous bullets. She did, and Calam-
ity was bodily hauled out of the shack by the
pernicious Cal Edwards. Then Edwards promptly
snubbed Miss Baxter and trouble started. Tben
Cal Edwards removed the will and placed it In
his back pocket. Then he calmly lit a cigarette
and the burro standing Just behind him, quietly
eyed the Calamity Anne's will, decided It was in
the wrong place and gently lifted it from Cal's
pocket, eating it the while. In the meantime the
more timid Miss Barton had fled and fallen In
with the handsome young Williams. With the
enemies gone, Miss Baxter rescued the remains of
Calamity Anne's will from tbe burro's throat. In-
cidentally, "Hell Hath No Furies like a Woman
Scorned," etc., for Miss Baxter, smarting under the
snub, acquired a pistol and put the entire male
element to rout. Calamity Anne decided to ac-
cept a check from the handsome young Williams
and everything ended happily.
BRONCHO.
IN THE RANKS (2 reels Jan. 8).— Sergt. Allen
and Hazel Story, the Colonel's daughter, had
little opportunity to meet, and exchange love notes
by depositing them In the breeching of a cannon.
An Insistent admirer was Lieut. Darrow, who
was favored by her father. Matters reached a
crisis when her father insisted that she marry the
Lieutenant, and she secretly married Allen. A
couple of soldiers who had been disciplined by the
sergeant saw him meet Hazel and followed them,
and peeping into the office of the magistrate saw
tbe knot tied. They lost no time In telling the
lieutenant, who. Inwardly raging, communicated
the fact to the Colonel. Hazel confessed her mar-
riage, and her Indignant father was In a quandary
when a scout rushed in and brought news of an
Indian uprising, stating that the redskins were
frenzied and were holding a big war dance.
The Colonel decides to send some one into the
Indian country to watch their movements, and
the lieutenant suggests tbat they send Sergt. Allen.
Allen Is commissioned, and Lieut. Darrow drives a
nail in the foot of Allen's horse so he will go
lame in a few hours. To further Insure Allen's
death, he bribes the two surly soldiers to follow
him and attack blm.
Hazel overhears the instructions and hastily leav-
ing a note for her father, reading, "You have
sent him to his death. I have gone with him," she
leaps on a horse and follows Allen.
Allen's horse has Just gone lame when Hazel
comes galloping up. She informs him of the
plot, and he goes to the top of a hill and watches.
In the meantime the Indians have gone forth, and
Intercept the soldiers who are shot from their
saddles.
The Colonel finds the note from Hazel and sends
the troops out. The Indians are engaged In a
desperate battle, and the bodies of the soldiers
are found, and Allen and Hazel are believed to
have been killed.
Allen however decides not to return, and builds
himself a cabin In the woods, where he becomes a
trapper. An Indian falls Into his bear trap one
day and Allen pulls htm out and feeds him, for
which the redskin Is grateful.
The Indians await their opportunity to gain
revenge for the beating they received, and one
day make a sudden attack on pioneers and emi-
grants. The friendly Indian tries to persuade
Hazel to fiee, but she refuses to go without Allen,
who Is hunting in the woods. In a desperate effort
to save her the Indian forcibly lifts her from the
cabin and throws her, fainting, across his horse.
As he gallops away Allen comes up and think-
ing Hazel Is being stolen be brings the Indian
down with his rifle. To save the fort he sends
Hazel to warn tbe Colonel, and she gallops off
at breakneck spt>ed, while he goes to;vard the neit
fort for assistance.
.\s Hazel dashes Into the fort her father Is
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nearly overcome with surprise and joy. Quick
preparations are made to repel the redskins, who
attack in countlesp numbers. The battle rages
hour after hour, and the garrison, with Its ranks
decimated and its supply of ammunition about
«xhaasted, Is in a perilous predicament when Allen,
at the head of the reinforcements, charges upon
the Indians, and in a whlrlwint^ fight defeats
them. During the conflict Lieut. Darrow has been
mortally wounded, and he expires.
For his heroism the Colonel secures promotion for
Allen to a lieutenancy, and welcomes his new
eon-in-law with a glad heart.
MAJESTIC.
LOVE AND THE TELEPHONE (Deo. 29).— Anna
Wilton, the pretty telephone girl, working In the
office of Jennings & Co., brokers, la loved by Mr.
Hugh Jennings who tries to force his attentions
upon her. When he discovers that she is engaged
to John Mason, a young clerk, he is furious. He
pretends friendship for the young man and leads
him to speak of his own affairs.
He learns that John is anxious to make money
4n stocks and Is only waiting for a tip to take his
savings and invest them. He tells John to buy
United Copper and the boy believes him. He
is letting him In on a good thing. But Jennings
wants to see John lose all he has, hoping that in
that event, Anna will turn to him. John tells
Anna about United Copper. She is doubtful at
first but he soon wins her over. He starts off
for the bank to draw his money. While he is
gone, Anna at the 'phone, comes In on a busy
wire and overhears a conversation between Jen-
nings and another broker, In which Jennings says
that United Copper is going to take a big drop.
Then she sees the trap. When John comes in
she warns him; but he refuses to believe and so
anxious is he to throw his money away that in
•desperation the girls locks him in the Inner office.
For the rest of the afternoon he Is a prisoner
while the girl waits at the ticker scanning the
tape for United Copper. It goes up at first, —
but then just as surely it drops, point by point.
Three o'clock arrives — the market closes with
United Copper wiped out. Then Anna releases
John. He rushes to the ticker to read the truth.
As he is thanking the girl, Jennings enters to be
told that the money is safe, and his mean plan
known to both the girl and her fiance.
JIM'S COLLEGE DAYS (Dec. 31) .-^Im HoUl-
day, a poor but ambitious young man, is work-
ing his way through college by tutoring his room-
mate, Samuel Brown, a good-natured athletic fel-
low, with a rich, indulgent father, and a pretty
coquettish sister, Marion. Jim tries to get on the
football team, but the captain, Ned Hayward,
is in love with Marion himself, and he will not
appoint Jim to a position.
Sam gambles and goes to dances, despite the
■objections of the trainer and the coach. Jim
gets unpopular by trying to make him work hard,
and at last does a good deal of Sam's work, to
help him pass in his sttidles. The afternoon
■before the big game. Sam's sister Marlon comes
to the study, with some other girls and her mother.
They have tea, and sitting in the window seat,
Jim proposes. The girl likes him but shakes
her bead, and her mother suspecting the conversa-
tion, interferes with great pride. That night Sam
goes to a fraternity dance, Jim staying at home
to write a long essay for him. Jim's head aches
and he leaves the dormitory, to take a long
walk. He sees some students whom he knows
are bad ones, meet three fellows with suit cases,
who are strangers. They hob nob together glee-
fully, and Jim ses the three men from his col-
lege pay the others enormous sums of money.
They go into a bar-room to finish the talk, and
Jim steps into the rear vestibule to overhear
them if possible. He learns that his sneaky col-
lege mates are betting against their own col-
lege, through tlie new-comers, and that they are
going to drug Sam Brown, the star player of the
team, and any others possible.
Jim hurries away to the fraternity house where
Sam is dancing. He sends In his name for Sam,
and Marion happens to walk out on the portico,
between dances, with Ned Hayward, the captain.
She greets Jim, and Ned sees that she likes the
other. He is jealous, and tries to get her away.
Sam comes out and Ned tells him that Jim is In-
truding, and the roommates quarrel. As they
stand there, the three plotters walk quietly Into
the fraternity house, unnoticed. They are pre-
paring for their work, being members.
Jim returns home, to their rooms, and waits all
night lir vain. Sam does not come back. Next
morning, worn out with worry, Jim telephones to
his home in the city, but no news. He hunts up
the coach and the trainer of the team, and they
go out to find Sam. No results. They jump Into
an auto and go to Sam's father's office. Marlon
and her mother have come there to go to the big
game with him. They rush back to the college
grounds, and as they are passing a saloon, big
Sam, still In his dress suit, crumpled, dirty and
almost unconscious Is pushed out of the door by
an angry barkeeper. They stop and learn that
he has been drinking all night, and ride for a
doctor.
They get to the training quarters, and find
the team waiting for them. Sam is able to
walk, and realizes his folly. He sobs, but his
team mates, once so fond of him, threaten him
bodily violence, including the captain. They are
frenzied and, while they are holding their pow-
wow, officials come into the quarters, telling them
that the time is up and that the game must start.
They look around, and the captain ruefully sizes
up the substitutes who line up before him. Jim
HolUday has donned his football suit and stands
there quietly waiting. The coach looks at Sam,
and then points to Jim. He orders the captain to
put Jim in the position — but he refuses. The
coach threatens to call the game, but the captain
yields. After a big play, the players run In,
with Jim on their shoulders, the students crowd-
ing around. In the enclosure back of the quarters,
they are met by Sam, who throws his arms around
the shoulders of his roommate who won the game,
while Mr. Brown, his wife, Marion and the girls
rush up. They congratulate Jim, and Captain
Ned Brown, who observes Marion's meaning better
than Jim, comes up to congratulate them both.
Jim is made a partner of Mr. Brown — and the
ending Is obvious.
RELIANCE.
KOWDY COMES HOME (Dec. 21).— Mr. and Mrs.
Norman have a dog. Rowdy, to whom they are
devoted. But after the birth of her first baby,
Mrs. Norman listens to the stories of the mild
who fears all dogs. She tells the anxious mother
that dogs are treacherous, particularly when there
are children aboat. Bellvlng this may possibly
be the case with Bowdy, Mrs. Norman persuades
her husband to send the faithful little fellow
away. Mr. Norman gives the dog over to the care
of a farmer. That night Rowdy breaks loose and
runs back home. Mr. Norman is overjoyed to
see him, but his wife insists that he take the
dog back next day. This is done, the farmer
assuring Norman that Rowdy will not be able to
get away again. That afternoon, the maid takes
the baby out to the park in Its carriage. She
meets her sweetheart, and leaving the carriage in
a secluded spot they start off for a little walk.
About this time Rowdy breaks loose again and
starts for home. Some dry autumn leaves on the
ground near tbe baby's carriage catch fire. The
dog passes through the park on his way home.
He recognizes the carriage and jumps up to see
that the flames have almost reached Its cover-
ings. He dashes home and when he finds Mr.
Norman he barks and shows so evidently that
something Is wrong, that his master finally fol-
lows him to the park. They arrive just in time
for the father to rescue his baby from the
fiames that are now burning away the carriage
draperies. Baby Is carried home and Rowdy fol-
lows. When she hears the story, Mrs. Norman
once again puts her faith In the dog and willingly
agrees that he may stay home. The maid comes In
a few moments later, all excited over the dis-
appearance of the child and the homed carriage,
and she is at once dismissed.
TRYING TO KEEP BEDELIA (Dec. 28).— Mr.
and M rs. Newly wed have had a hard time with
their servant; so when they managed to keep
Bedella, they decided not t© let her go under any
circumstances. Bedelia realizes how valuable she
is and In many ways puts their patience to the
test. When her master and mistress give a party
up stairs, Bedelia feeling rather lonesome In the
kitchen goes up and insists that she be made one
of the guests. When they refuse to permit this,
she Immediately says that she is going to leave.
Upon hearing this they drag her back Into the
drawing room, and she Is soon enjoying the party
with the rest of the guests. Upon another oc-
casion she accompanies Mr. and Mjs. Newlywed to
the opera. She brings her friend the policeman
into the house and Insists that he be recived as a
gust by Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed.
Mr. Newlywed goes to a customer and hires the
outfit of a Hindoo Fortune Teller. In this garb
he calls upon Bedelia and be offers to cast her
future. Reading her palm, he fortells great misery
for her if she leaves her present employ, and so
dwells upon this that superstitious Bedella vows
never to leave the Newlywads through any fault
of her own. The next time Bedelia meek and mild
waits upon her employers, and has nothing to say
about leaving.
KAY-BEE.
THE PAYMASTER'S SON (2 reelB^-Jan. 10).—
SUas Burton, the paymaster, has a son, John, who
is a lieutenant, and a daughter, Ethel. Colonel
Randall has a son, Richard. Richard Is a wild
youth, but has won Ethel's heart. For his escapades
his father sends him back to college, but he drops
from the stage coach and hides until nightfall,
when he comes and persuades Ethel to elope with
him. The coach goes on and Is attacked by Indians,
the occupants being killed. To secure funds Richard
enters tbe paymaster's quarters. Lieut. Burton
awakens and captures the intruder. Amazed, he
drops his revolver and chides Richard, who takes
advantage of the opportunity to cover Burton with
his gun and disarm him. The paymaster hears the
noise and comes toward the room. Richard warns
Burton that if he discloses the truth to his father
he will shoot him ,and steps behind the portiers
into the other room. The paymaster asks John
for an explanation of his presence, and to ac-
count for his stolen money, but John dare not
answer knowing that Richard has a revolver pointed
at him behind the curtain. The paymaster be-
lieves his son a thief and disowns him. Richard
steaithly makes his exit and joins Ethel, and the
two depart. In the morning they join a train of
emigrants.
John Burton's story to his father Is not believed.
Scouts find the bodies of the dead passengers in
the coach, and bring back Richard's discarded coat,
which is considered as evidence that Richard has
either been killed or captured by tbe Indians.
Lieut. Burton joins the emigrants and an excit-
ing encounter takes place between him and
Richard, interrupted by the sudden attack of the
redskins. Burton take? charge of the defense, and
Richard deserts and runs away. Knowing that
the emigrants cannot hold out Burton leaps on a
horse and breaks through the Indian lines in an
effort to reach the fort and secure assistance. He
catches up with Richard who believes Burton Is
pursuing him, and who shoots Burton's horse from
under him. Burton fires from the ground, bring-
ing down Richard. The two are then attacked
by Indians, and Burton drags Richard to a posi-
tion behind a big rock, and stands off the foe until
help arrives.
In the thrilling battle the soldiers drive away tbe
Indians, and carry Richard and Lieut. Burton
back to the post. Thoroughly ashamed of himself,
Richard makes a complete confession to bis fatber,
exonerating Burton.
PUNCH.
A NEAX TEAGEDY (Jan. St). — The trouble starts
wben the parents of little Herbert Rice leave
him and his tiny sister In full possession of the
house while they go to a matinee. Sis wants to
play lady" but her mother's new evening gown Is
so long that it is necessary to cut a few feet of
the skirt off to make it fit. Rice finds that hl-s
father's silk hat and grandmother's glasses make
him look like a first class doctor, so It Is neces-
sary for Sis to be taken desperately ill so that
little Doc Rice can perform an operation. It takes
a large bottle or red Ink to furnish the requisite
amount of blood and when the children hear their
parents returning, the bed room looks like a
slaughter house. Fearing a whipping, Rice and
Sis hides behind the portieres, and their unhappy
parents think that they have been murdered. A
famous detective backed by the police department
finds some wonderful clues and Is making a name
for himself when the kids appear and solve the
most horrible crime.
KEYSTONE.
SAVING MABEL'S DAD (Jan. 6) .—Mabel Is
courted by three men, Henry, her father's choice;
Fred, her favorite, and George. George Is supplied
with an abundance of self confidence and has
some amusing experiences with Dad. Henry is
a country swain and meets scant favor at Mabel's
hands. Papa takes Mabel and Henry for an out-
ing and slyly leaves the young people alone while
he takes a nap In a rowboat. Fred takes ad-
vantage of the opportunity to send a note to
Mabel asking her to meet him at the rustic bench,
as he has gone for a minister. George sees Dad
sleeping and shoves the boat out into the water,
where It Is carried out to sea by the tide. Mabel
deserts Henry, but when the plight of her father
is discovered she Importunes Henry and George
to save him. Henry starts oat In a rowlwat, but
George commissions a motort>oat and sklms over
the water at an alarming speed. Dad awakens to
find himself In a sinking boat, and welcomes res-
cue at the hands of George. He Is taken ashore
where Mabel is awaiting him and tries to give
her hand to George In a spirit of gratitude, but
Mabel, who has discovered the trick played by
George, asserts her intention of marrying Fred,
who has arrived In an automobile with the minister.
A DOTTBLE WEDDING (Jan. 6).— While a wed-
ding in high society Is being held, two dusky lovers
are being joined In matrimony. The swells have
arranged to shower with rice and shoes tbe newly-
weds, who manage to escape. The darkles are pur-
sued to their cab by their friends, and escape.
The vehicle has been decorated with banners an-
nouncing that the couple are just married. The
society people searching for their lost friends, In
an automobile, spy the cab and think it Is their
friends' conveyance, and pursut It. They ac-
company the vehicle to the railroad station, and are
tbunderstruck when two proud coons emerge from
the cab, proud of the fuss being made over them
by the white people.
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Leroy Company having had an extraordinary rise.
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ance onpald, and Leroy Is flnancially ruined. The
blow Is too macb for hie health to withstand.
With poverty comes lUnesB. Leroy, Jr., seeking
to retrieve the family fortunes, leaves wUli several
companions for the gold regions in the Rooky
lAouDtains, to prospect for that metal.
Seeking work, made Imperative by the need of
food, Leroy's daughter and wife call upon their
"friends' ' of by-gone days. They ask for em-
ployment but the sympathy of the close-fisted fair
weather friends soon informs the Leroys of the
truth of the adage that "Adversity is a bottom-
less lake surrounded by nearsighted friends."
Richard Bemhard, manufacturer, and one time
intimate friend of Mr. Leroy, plunges the Leroys
into despair by Informing them that although he
does need and advertises for help, that the Leroys
are Ineligible because they look too gloomy, that
he likes to see happy, gay, laughing people around
him.
Capricious Fortune once more smiles upon the
unforttinate. They receive a telegram from Leroy,
Jr., telling of his having discovered a gold mine
of enormous value, which will make him and his
parents again wealthy. This fact gets Into the
newspapers. The fair weather friends, hoping for
a return of the happy days of wining and dining,
rush to the lowly home of the Leroys and seek to
patch up the friendship which naturally was not
strengthened by their disinclination to give the
Leroys means of livelihood. Leroy, thereupon,
remarks that Inasmuch as they had gotten along
without these fair weather friends when they
needed them, that they will stirely get along with-
out them when they don't need them.
"y^HEN HER LOVE GREW COLD (Jan. 2).—
Jack Melrose writes to his wife Tessa, then visiting
at her parents' home, saying that he must leave
the city on an unexpected business trip. For
reasons of economy he goes to a boarding house,
although not pleased at the prospect of a diet
of hash and prunes. On arriving he hastily scrib-
bles a note to Tessa, telling of his undying devo-
tion and that he linows nothing more adorable
than the name of Tessa than Tessa herself.
Jack has a habit of becoming displeased with
his letters, and writing each several times before
he expresses himself to his taste. Therefore, it
happens that the landlady finds one of the unsent
missives lying on the floor. The plot thickens.
The landlady Is also named Tessa and, let It be
whispered, she Is a widow! Oh, these widows!
Jack bears out his reputation as a man of letters
and continues his fervid writings to the absent
Tessa. The present Tessa receives them all avid-
ly, her love hungry heart warming under the
effusions. She knows nothing of the other Tessa.
She believes they are directed to her and that
bashful Jack has adopted this surreptitious method.
Jack's letters are nothing If not fervent. "I
repeat every moment, yes. even gargle with it,
the luscious name of Tessa. I would love you.
even were you an undertaker's daughter;" "again
I would gaze into the liquid depths of your soul-
ful eyes and hear the merry ripple of your voice
over a cascade of pearly teeth" are samples of
Jack's epistolary ability, which in earnestness
would subordinate those of the Apostle Paul in
his eommunicatlona to the Corinthians.
Several days have passed and the landlady feela
that her cup of happiness la about to spill. She
confides to a "lady fren" that after such impas-
sioned letters, she expects him to pop like a
champagne bottle cork very, very soon. While
the widow's Joy is rising to effervescence, Jack
Is In blissful Ignorance.
He finds that his business will not consume the
time that he thought It would and tells the land-
lady that he is going away and that he would
like to have his bill made out. "You shall not
go until you ask me to become your wife. Would
yon so cruelly trifle with the affections of a trust-
ing lorn widow who has only one father, one
mother and has Just been vaccinated?" she says
and straightway exhibits to Jack the love letters
which have double-barreled Import".
Jack is locked In his room by the angry widow
and told that he can regain his freedom 'only by
making her his wife. Jack Is a resourceful chap
and knows that there is one way in which to put
love to the acid test. Out of the window he drops
a little note. This is what he wrote. "I sought
to slip away because I am ruined. If you know
any generous souls who will lend me $250.00, lead
me to them I"
The widow consults her ' 'lady f reus, * ' who de-
cide that it would be unwise to marry a man
who did not have even enough money to pay for
the marriage license. The widow, therefore de-
termines that she will liberate the captive and
tells him that she Is sorry, and that she knows
no one who will help him in his need. The story
closes with Jack In the embrace of wife Tessa,
telling her to kiss her favorite husband.
NORTHERN EGYPT (Jan. 2). — Interesting views
of the land of antiquity, showing the marvelous
engineering works which to our modern Captains
of Industry are a lost art; the wonderful Nile,
whose yearly Inundations of Egypt, keep that coun-
try from becoming another Sahara. There are
glimpses of the Assouan Dam, which controls the
distribution of the Nile's waters in times of flood,
the ruins of Thebes, the ancient city of one hundred
gates, the Colossi of Memnon, two enormous sta-
tues representing Anenothes III, successor to Ra-
meses II. These are the statues of which there
is the legend that at the rise of the sun, one of
these statues gives forth a musical sound, called
the Songs of Memnon. There is shown the temple
the Songof Menmon. There is shown the temple
of Kamesseum, dedicated by Rameses II to Am-
mon, God of the Sun, also the temple of Karnac,
consecrated to the God Khons, the construction
of wWch temple Is said to have continued during
several centuries. Interesting is the Avenue of
Sphinxes, one and a quarter miles long, each
sphinx to the number of six hundred, holding be-
neath Its paw, the statue of Amenophes II.
SOLAX.
A MILLION DOLLARS (Jan. 8) Jim Fuller is
employed in a broker's office at a small salary, and
one Saturday night after he gets his pay envelope,
he expresses his dissatisfaction with the way his
employer is treating him. He expresses some an-
archistic beliefs and asserts that "every man should
have a million dollars, and that the wealth of the
world should be distributed equally."
He goes home brooding over the way the world
is treating him, and the more he thinks of the idea
— distribution of wealth — the more he becomes In
favor of it. At home this theory is uppermost in
his mind, and before long, he sits back in his chair
and dreams that the wealth of the world has been
re -distributed and that every man Is a millionaire.
He sees himself and his wife in fine clothes, living
at a fashionable hotel, but, he soons finds diffi-
culty in getting service.
The elevator boy at the hotel refuses to take him
up and down because he Is satisfied with his for-
tune. The cook and the maids, the stewards and
the clerks, all refuse to work because they are sat-
isfied with their living. He tries to engage a taxi-
cab, and the taxi-cab driver refuses to run his car
because he is satisfied with his fortune. He tries
to use a street car and the conductor and motor-
man are too busy counting their money to run the
line. In disgust, he walkas many miles, looking
for a restaurant, but every restaurant that he
comes to. has a sign to the effect that the pro-
prietor has retired from business owing to the fact
that he has all the money he needs.
Hungry and fatigued, he comes home — his wife
almost starving and sick from privation. He tries
to call a doctor, and the doctor refuses to come out
to see the patient because he Is too busy counting
his "million."
After many other disquieting experiences, Fuller
wakes up with a start and realizes that he Is in his
own home, and the Idea dawns on him that this
world would be very uncomfortable to live in If all
persons were millionaires. The object lesson Is com-
plete and he Is quite satisfied that it is up to him
to make his way and not wait until the "millen-
nium" comes and the wealth of the world equally
distributed.
THE MUTINY OF MR. HENPECK (Jan. 10).—
Mr. Mann is a small insignificant person and very
much afraid of his wife, a woman of considerable
avoirdupois and prepossessing demeanor. While Mr.
Mann puts up with his wife's peremptory manners,
the servants will not stand for them and leave her
employ. Poor hubby Is then forced to take charge
of the culinary department and assume the position
of cook and dish-washer, while his wife reads the
papers and plays "lady."
Matters come to a climax, however, after the ar-
rival of Mrs. Mann's brother, a prize fighter, who is
married to a small, retiring woman, very much
afraid of her husband. Mrs. Mann and her brother
go to the theaters and sport aroimd town, while
Mr. Mann and the prize fighter's little wife stay at
home and do the char work.
Mr. Mann and Mrs. Prizefighter get together one
evening and decide to give Mrs. Mann and Mr.
Prizefighter a big surprise when they arrive from
the theater.
The last scene shows Mr. Mann looking out of
the window telling Mrs. Prizefifhter of the approach
of the loved ones. They hasten to the kitchen and
come back with brooms and frying pans. They hide
behind the door and when Mrs. Mann and her
brother enter In Jolly mood, they are surprised by a
fusillade of pans and crashing blows from the
broom. Confusion follows and Mrs. Mann and her
brother soon get upon their knees and plead forgive-
ness.
The erstwhile Mr. Henpeck and poor Mrs. Prize-
fighter, shake hands victoriously. A year later
finds the disposition of both Mrs. Mann and Mr.
Prizefighter entirely changed. Mr. Prizefighter Is
willing to feed the baby with one bottle, while Mr.
Mann can at peace, lounge In his armchair and
smoke a cigar.
AMBROSIO.
A SICILIAN HEROINE — This story first takes
you to Missllmeri, a little Sicilian village, and
into the home of Don Ruggero, a wealthy land-
owner. Don Ruggero is an Iron-heart'ed man and
strongly prejudiced against the lower classes.
His son, Corrado, a young fellow, loves Rosalia,
& shepherdess, but Don Ruggero has always re-
fused to allow their marriage and to recognize
little Vlncenzlno, their child, as his grandchild.
Finally to destroy all Corrado's hopes, he dis-
charges poor Rosalia from his farm, where she
had been employed for many years. Even the
sight of her departure with Vlncenzlno In her arms
does not soften him.
Rosalia is the very Ideal of the Sicilian beauty,
and Capt. Altierl, an officer in the service of the
Dominators, the Bourbons, admires her Immensely,
but all his approaches are strongly repulsed by her.
Don Ruggero and his son have for a long time
conspired to free their motherland from the hands
of the Bourbons, and when they receive news of
the arrival of Garibaldi, who had sailed with only
1,000 soldiers from Quarto, near Genoa, to fight for
the freedom of Sicily, they leave their village to
join him and the other conspirators. The rendez-
vous Is at Plana del Grecl, where they find
Garibaldi just starting out to conquer Palermo.
In the meantime Capt. Altierl steals from Rosalia
her little son, hoping thus to succeed in his vile
scheme, and starts out to Join the Bourbons'
headquarters In Marineo near Corleone. Colonel
Bosco, the commander-in-chief of the Bourbons
army, entrusts Capt. Altierl with an Important
message to be delivered to the almost doomed
Palermo.
Altierl starts out, and on his way meets Rosalia,
who Implores him for the restoration of her child.
Upon the sight of her, he forgets his Important
mission and drags her into an uninhabited bouse,
where he has concealed Vlncenzlno in an upper
room. The little boy, hearing the cries of hia
mother, rushes down to save her and drops some
ashes Into the eyes of her aggressor. Taking ad-
vantage of his instantaneous blindness, she steals
the message Altierl had with him and runs away to
Garibaldi's headquarters.
Her courageous act meets with high approval
from Garibaldi, and wins for her the consent of
Don Ruggero to her long-delayed marriage to
Corrado.
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"JIM'S COLLEGE DAYS" ""'"
December 3lsf
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Showing the Carlisle Indian Football Team
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With Scenes of Student Life at "Columbia"
and "New York University"
December 29th - Love and the Telephone
January 5th - "The Little Enchantress"
January 7th - "The Hundred Dollar Bill"
January 12th - - "Just Hard Luck"
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THEATER FOR SALE.
LARGE THEATRE BUILDING, WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE — To settle estate, the executor wUl
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FOR SALE — 250 reels. Including one, two and
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FILUB FOR SALE.
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Jackson Street, Attica, Ind.
FOR SALE — Feature film production of Blanche
Walsh in "Resurrection," four parts, including Ohio
State rights: any reasonable offer will be considered,
or will rent same. Address Jules Levey, 1418
Cherry Street, Toledo, Ohio.
SITUATION WANTED.
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MANAGER, two years in one house, wants to
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World, New York City,
UOVINO PICTURE OPERATOR, Ucensed, ex-
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Henry Peyrot, 1420 W. Ohio Street, Chicago, 111.
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special $25,00 Gunlach lenses, matched 9 x 12 at
at 100 feet. Stereo lenses matched same distance.
150 Hardesty seats, 50 cents each. Want D. C.
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Among the Exhibitors
Billings, Mont. — U1b3 Uadge Bothrock has be-
come part owner of the Isis llieater.
Buffalo, N. Y. — A contract has been let for the
erection of a new theater bnildlng on the old Eelth
property on Main Street, for the Shea Amusement
Co., and anotber theater building at Huron &
Pearl Streets, bought by Mr. Shea.
Sheridan, Wyo. — George V. H. Shaver becomes
sole lessee and manager of the Star Theater on
North Main Street.
Cheyenne, Wyo. — Cbas. H. Anderson of Rawllna,
will erect a theater In Rawlins.
Bed Oak, la. — Frand Pander will erect a theater
bnildlng In Grlswold.
Galesbujg, His. — Plans are being prepared for
the erection of a new theater building on Main
Street.
Des UoineB, la. — B. P. Churchill of Kansas City,
proprietor of tbe Garden theater, Is considering a
edte for the erection of a new playhouse in Des
Moines.
Wheeling, W. Va. — The Majestic theater at Elm
Grove, was sold to the Athenian Amusement Com-
pany of this city. Harry Rice, manager.
Toledo, 0. — The Coleslum playhouse on Ashland
Avenue, near Bancroft Street; has been sold to J. S.
BraUey, Sr.
Byo&more, III. — J. L. Peterson has leased the
Ryan Bnildlng In California Street, and will open
an amasement place soon. It will be entirely re-
modeled.
Jamestown, N, T. — The new Colonial theater,
comer of Wlnsor and Second Streets, was recently
opened.
Yoakum, Tex. — Mgr. J. J. Brooks Is converting
the O. K. Theater Into a regular playhouse, and It
wll be used as a moving picture theater.
Bt. Petersburg, Fla. — The new Grandy theater
will soon open for business.
Cedar Rapids, la.— Plans are belog considered for
the erection of a new theater building In this city.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Berman Brothers have ap-
plied for a permit to build a moving plcfore theater
on the east aide of 60th Street, north of Chancellor
Street, to cost about 960,000.
Philadelphia, Fa. — Prank Hess will build a mov-
ing picture theater at the comer of 6th and Olney
avenues.
Austin, Minn. — Frank Latta of the Cosy theater
Is drawing plans for a new theater to be built In
AostlQ next Spring.
Richmond, Tex. — Philip Rich 1b building an opera
house and will soon open for business.
Denison, la. — The Denlson Improvement Co. will
build a new opera house on the W. H. Laub prop-
erty.
Redlands, Cal. — The building at' Citrus avenue
and Cajon street is being remodeled to be used as
a moving picture theater.
Baltimore, Md.— Permission has been granted Geo.
P. Klein to erect a moving picture theater at 1225
Columbia avenue.
Springfield, Maas.— John S. Wlstler of 22 Maple-
wood avenue has a lease on North street and will
conduct a moving picture bouse.
Philadelphia, Pa. — B. Shore will erect a moving
picture theater on Woodland avenue, east of d4th
street. Cost $10,000.
Sallna, Kans. — The Royal theater owned by
Thatcher Bros opened for business recently.
Savannah, Ga. — Permit has been Issued to J.
Maril to erect a moving picture theater at 606 W.
Broad street.
Cleveland, 0. — A moving picture house is to be
erected at Ravenna, O., for L. J. Goddard.
Pittsburg, Fa. — Permit was Issued to J. & H.
Jackson for brick theater building at Liberty
avenue and Oak alley, to cost $170,000.
Omaha, Neb.— The Brandies Interests are said to
be planning to enlarge the Brandies theater
building.
Wichita Falls, Tex. — Plans have been drawn for
the construction of a new theater. Contract has
been closed with the Majestic clrcolt.
Helena, Mont. — Masons at Helena are planning
to erect a new theater building.
Bound Brook, K. J.— Messrs Hulslser ft Hamilton,
proprietors and managers of the Palace theater, this
city, are having plans prepared for a large moving
picture and vaudeville theater to be built in Maiden
Lane, Bound Brook. It will have a seating ca-
pacity of 1,000, and will cost about $26,000.
Bob Moines, Iowa. — The Des Moines Amusement
Company recently filed articles of Incorporation In
the office of the county recorder. The company wIU
have a capital stock of $25,000. They plan the
erection of a new amusement bouse at E}igbtb and
Locust Streets, B. J. Van Dyke and G. E. High-
tower are the Incorporators.
Des Moines, Iowa. — Mrs. Frank Dodson, county re-
corder, is soon to become the owner of a motion
picture house at Nineteenth and Crocker Streets.
Syracuse, N. Y. — A contract has been let for the
erection of a new moving picture theater bnildlng
on upper James Street.
Chicago, ni.— Anderson, Watklns Film Company,
Chicago, capital $6,000. Making and exhibiting
moving pictures. Incorporators: Loois B. Anderson,
William P. Watklns, John R. Marshall, Charles S.
Jackson, Frank L. Hamilton.
Cincinnati, Ohio, — A motion picture theater Is to
be built on the west side of Freeman Avenue, about
SO feet north of York Street, by the Center Amuse-
ment Company, controlled by A. E. Motsch and
Joseph G. Guetle.
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AUEEICAN.
Dec. 21 — Mrs. Brown's Baby (Comedy)
Dec. 23 — The Recognition (Dr.) 1000
Dec. 26— Blackened Hills (Dr.) 1000
Dec. 28— The Girl of the Manor (Dr.) 1000
Dec. 30 — Loneliness ot Neglect (Drama) 1000
Jan. 2 — Love and the Law (Drama) ) 1000
Jan. 4 — The Fraud that Failed (Drama) 1000
Jan. 6 — Another Man's Wife (Drama) 1000
Jan. 9 — ^The Trail of Cards (Drama) 1000
Jan. 11 — Calamity Anne's Inheritance (Dr.).. 1000
AMBBOSIO.
Jan. 4 — The Black Veils (2 reels — Drama)
Jan. 11 — What the Unknown Conceals (2 reels
— Drama)
Jan. 18 — Between Life and Death (2 reels — ■
Drama)
Jan. 25 — ^A Romance of a Heart (2 reels — Dr.)
BISON.
Dec. 14 — A Ride for Life (Drama)
Dec. 17 — Before the White Man Came (2 reel
Dr.)
Dec. 21 — Indian Dances and Pastimes (Bd.)
Dec. 24— The Heroine of the Plains (2 reels)
(Drama)
Dec. 28— El Capitan and the Land Grabbers (Dr.)
Dec. 31— The Redemption of White Hawk (Dr.)
Jan. 4 — Regimental Pals (Drama)
Jan. 4 — A Girl at War (2 reels — Drama)
Jan. 7 — ^A Romance of the Utah Pioneers (2
reels — ^Drama)
Jan. 11 — An Apache Father's Vengeance (Dr.).
BRONCHO.
Occ. 18 — Hia Sense of Duty (Drama)
Dec. 25 — The Prospector's Daughter (Dr.)....
Jan. 1 — The Burning Brand (2 reels) (Drama)
Jan. 8 — In the Ranks (2 reels) (Drama)
Jan. 15 — A Blue Grass Romance (2 reels) (Dr.)
Dec. 22^A Shadow of the Past (2 reels — Dr.)
CHAMPION.
Nov. 25 — The Gateway to America (Drama) . . .
Dec. 2 — Billy Jones ot New York (Com.-Dr.)
Dec. 9 — ^The Honeymooners (Comedy)
Dec. 16— Right Shall Prevail (Dr.)
Dec. 23 — The Ohaperones (Comedy)
Dec. 30— The City Boarder (Comedy)
Dec. 30— The White Heron (Educational)
Jan. 6 — Art and Love (Drama)
CRYSTAL.
Dec. 22 — His Wife's Stratagem (Ctom.)
Dec. 22 — Mlied Bottles (Com. )
Dec. 29 — Her Visitor (Comedy)
Dec. 29 — The Elopement (Comedy)
Jan. 6 — Her Kid Sister (Comedy)
Jan. 5— Jones Resurrected (Comedy)
Jan. 12 — Heroic Harold (Comedy)
Jan. 12— A Night at the Club (Comed.v)
ECLAIR.
Dec. 22 — Sea Anemones (Educational)
Dec. 22 — An Unforseen Event (Com.)
Dec. 24— The Story of a Kiss (Com.-Dr.)
Dec. 26 — A Dry Town (Comedy)
Dec. 31 — The Wager (Drama)
Jan. 2 — A Tammany Boarder (Comedy)
Jan. 5 — Crawfish (Scientlflc)
Jan. 5 — WUHe. King ot Janitors (Comedj-) . . .
Jan. 7 — An Accidental Servant (Drama)
Jan. 9 — The Return of Lady Linda (Drama) . .
Jan. 12 — ^The Cobbler and the Financier (Dr.)
FRONTIER.
Dec. 11 — ^The Goat Girl of Bear Canyon (Dr.)
Dec. 18 — The I Ranchman's Wooing (Dr.)
Dec. 25 — Tracked to the Mountains (Drama) . . .
Jan. 1 — The Horse Race at Hawley's Ranch
(Drama)
Jan. 8 — The Stranger at the Mountain Ranch
(Drama)
GATTMONT.
Dec. 17 — A Hazard for a Heart (Drama)
Dec. 18 — Gaumont's Weekly No. 41 (Topical) . . .
Dec. 10 — A Telephone Entanglement (Comedy)..
Dec. 19 — ^Twixt DevU and the Deep Sea (Com.)
Dec. 24 — A Peach for a Prisoner (Dr.)
Dec. 25 — Gaumont's Weekly No. 42 (Topical) . .
Dec. 26 — Zlgoto Drives a Locomotive (Com.)..
Dec. 26 — The Man with the Pull (Com.)
Dec. 28 — With the French Army
Dec. 31 — Fair Weather Friends (Drama)
Jan. 1 — Gaumont's Weekly, No. 1 (Topical)..
Jan. 2 — When Her Love Grew Cold
Jan. 2 — Northern Egypt (Scenic)
Jan. 4 — The Glove Industry (Industrial)
GEM.
Dec. 3 — Apartment No. 13 ( Comedy)
Dec. 10 — The Awakening of John Bridd (Drama)
Dec. 17— One Day (Dr.)
Dec. 24 — The Amulet (Drama)
Dec. 31 — Dorothy's Birthday (Drama)
Jan. 7 — Absinthe (Drama)
GREAT NORTHERN.
Dee. 14 — His First Patient (Comedy)
Dec. 21 — The Christmas Gift (Com. )
Dec. 21 — Danish Hussars (Mil. )
Dec. 28 — ^An Emergency Waiter (C3omedy)
Dec. 28 — Prom the Balkan War iScenic)
Jan. 4 — Outwitting a Rival (CJomedy)
IMF.
Bee. 26 — The New Magdalen (2 reels) (Drama).
Dec. 28 — As the Doctor Ordered (Comedy)
Dec. 28 — A Widow's Wiles (Comedy)
Deo. 30 — Jones' Wedding Day (Comedy)
Jan. 2 — The Bearer of Burdens (Drama) ....
Jan. 4 — What Katy Did (Comedy)
Jan. 4^ — ^Prlae Winners At the Poultry Show
(Topical)
Jan. 6 — She Slept Through It All (Comedy)..
Jan. 9 — Hearts of the Northland (Drama) ....
Jan. 11— The Baldheaded Club (Comedy)
Jan. 11 — Society Day at Piping Rock (Comedy)
ITALA.
Dec. 2 — A Spider on the Brain (Com. )
Dec. 2 — Too Much Beanty (Com.)
Dec. 16 — Peeping Tom (Com.)
Dec. 16.— Keeping In Style (Com.)
Dec. 23 — Easy to Return Home (Com. )
Dec. 23— A Good Hunting Dog (CJom.)
Dee. 30 — Knock Wood (Comedy)
Dec. 30— Two Little Devils (Comedy)
KAY-BEE.
Dec. 6 — For the Cause (2 reels. Drama)
Dee. 13— Blood Will TeU (2 reels, Drama)
Dec. 20 — ^The Dead Pays (2 reels (Drama)
Dec. 27 — The Law of the West (8 reels Dr.)
Jan. 3— The Great SacrlBce (2 reels) (Drama)
Jan. 10 — The Paymaster's Son (2 reels) (Drama)
Jan. 17 — The Little Turncoat (2 reels — Drama)
KEYSTONE.
Dec. 23 — Hoffmeyer's Legacy (Comedy)
Dec. 23 — ^The Drummer's Vacation ((>>medy) . . .
Dec. 30 — The Due (Com. )
Dea 80 — Mabel's Stpategem (Com.)
Jan. 6 — Saving Mabel's Dad (Comedy)
Jan. 6 — A Double Wedding (Comedy)
Jan. 13 — The (Jure that Failed (Comedy)
Jan. 13 — How Hiram Won Out (Comedy)
Jan. 20 — Sir Thomas Upton
Jan. 20 — For Lizzie's Sake (Comedy)
LUX.
Dec. 6 — Chlng Chang's Little Fan (Comedy)... 488
Dec. 6 — The Pig that Wouldn't Stay at Home
(Comedy) 446
Dec. 13 — Weary Onssle finds a Job ((Comedy) . . 480
Dec. 13— "All Aboard" (Comedy) 4»4
Dec. 20 — Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
(Comedy) 442
Dec. 20 — Only the Chiropodist (Comedy) 416
Dec. 27 — Pat and the Milliner (Com.)
Dec. 27— A New Use for the Bike (CJom.) 4(S8
Jan. 3 — Pursued by a Lioness (Drama) 951
Jan. 10 — The Matrimonial Fever (Comedy) 731
Jan. 10 — Do Not Tease the Dog (Comedy) 2B2
MAJESTIC.
Dec. 15— The Clue in the Bust (Drama)
Dec. 17 — The Honor of Surgery (Drama)
Dec. 22 — Jack In the Box (Dr.)
Dec. 24 — All On Account of a Banana (Dr.)..
Dec. 29 — ^Love and the Telephone (Drama)
Dec. 31 — Jim's College Days (Drama)
Jan. 5 — The Little Enchantress (Drama)
Jan. 7 — The Hundred Dollar Bill (Comedy)
Jan. 12 — Just Hard LucIj
MILANO.
Nov. 30 — Adda River RapMs (Scenic)
Dec. 7 — Diamond (^t Diamond (2 reels, Dr.)
Dec. 13 — The Apache Vow (2 reels) (Drama)...
Dec. 21— Love Sublime (2 reel Dr. )
Dec. 28 — Her Inspiration (Drama)
Jan. 4— Father's Stratagem (Drama)
Jan. 11 — A Secret of the Sea (2 reels — Drama)
NESTOR.
Dec. 18 — The Stigma (Dr.)
Dec. 20 — The Power of the Cross (Dr.)
Dec. 23 — Poor Jones' Vacation (Drama)
Dec. 23— Views of the U. S. Capital (Scenic)...
Dec. 25 — The Big White Chief (Comedy)
Dec. 27— The Padre's Gift (Drama)
Dec. 30 — Arabella's Ankle (Comedy)
Jan. 1— The Fight for Right (Drama)
Jan. 3 — The Blackmailer (Drama)
Jan. 6— Cupid's Assistants (Comedy)
Jan. 8 — Gold and Dross (Drama)
Jan. 10 — The Suspect (Drama)
POWERS.
Dec. 25 — Who's the Boss (Comedy)
Dee. 25 — Their Christmas Turkey (Drama)
Dec. 27 — Toys of Destiny (2 reels) (Drama)....
Jan. 8 — Almost a Hero (Comedy)
Jan. 8 — Akron, Oliio (Scenic)
Jan. 10 — Baxter's Busy Day (Ciomedy)
PXTNCH.
Jan. 2 — Her Mischievous Brother (Comedy)...
Jan. 2 — A Near Tragedy (CJomedy)
Jan. 9 — Poor Boob (Comedy)
Jan. 9 — Mix-Up (Comedy)
Jan. 16 — Finney's Luck (Comedy)
Jan. 16 — Saw Wood (Comedy)
RELIANCE.
Dec. 11 — Joe's Reward (Drama)
Dee. 14 — A Fairyland Bride (Com.-Dr.)
Dec. 18.— The Fires of Conscience (Drama)
Dec. 21 — Rowdy Comes Home (Com. Dr.)
Dec. 25 — Bedelia Has a Toothache (Com.)....
Dec. 25 — Foling the Specialist (Comedy)
Dec. 28 — Trying to Keep Bedelia (Com.)
Jan. 1 — Duty and the Man (2 reels) (Drama.)
Jan. 4 — A Jolly Good Fellow (Drama)
SEX.
Dec. 12 — To the City (Drama)
Dec. 15 — Into the Darkness (Drama)
Dec. 19— Mother (Dr.)
Dec. 22 — For His Sake (Dr.)
Dec. 29— An 111 Wind (Drama)
Jan. 5 — It Doesn't Pay (Drama)
Jan. 9 — The Actress (Drama)
Jan. 12 — By-Gone Days (Drama)
SOLAX.
Dec. 13 — The Girl In the Armchair (Drama)...
Dec. 18 — Hearts Unknown (Drama)
Dec. 20 — Five Evenings (Comedy)
Dec. 25 — The Finger Prints (Drama)
Dec. 27— The Woman Behind the Man (Dr.)..
Jan. 1 — Coasins of Sherlock Holmes (Com.)..
Jan. 3 — Canine Rivals (Comedy.)
Jan. 8 — ^A Million Dollars (Drama)
Jan. 10 — The Mutiny of Mr. Henpeck (Com.)..
THANHOTTSER.
Dec. 15 — Brains vs. Brawn (Ctomedy-Drama). . .
Dec. 17 — The Other Half (Drama)
Dec. 20— The Race (Drama)
Dec. 22— The Repeater (Dr.)
Dec. 24— The Star of Bethlehem (3 reels (Bibli-
cal)
Dec. 27 — (No Release this date)
Dec. 29 — A Militant Suffragette (Com.-Dr.)
Dec. 31 — Wltb the Mounted Police (Drama)
Jan. 3 — A Poor Relation (Drama)
Jan. 5 — A Guilty Conscience (Drama)
Jan. 7 — The Boomerang (Drama)
Jan. 10 — The Evidence of the Film (Drama) . .
VICTOR.
Nov. 15 — The Lady Leone (2 reels) (Dr.)
Nov. 22— Was Mabel Cured? (Dr.)
Nov. 29 — It Happened Thus (Comedy)
Dec. 6 — The Foolishness of Oliver (Comadjr)..
Dec. 13 — Owing More (Comedy)
Dec. 20 — The Consequences (Dr.)
Dec. 27 — The Professor's Dilemma (Comedy) . . .
Jan. 3 — The Grouch (Drama)
Jan. 10— The Lie (Drama)
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Title. Make. Length. Price
In the Clutches of Loan Sharks. . Pathe .. .3000. $175.00
His Rogues' Gallery Record. .. .Deu. Bios. 2500. . 150.00
In a Golden Cage (Saharet) .... Monopol. 3300. .250.00
The Dice of Life " .... Monopol. 3000. . 150.00
Russian Revenge Drankoflf. 2000. . 150.00
The Firebug Monopol. 2000. . 150.00
The Jewess Messter. . 1800. . 175.00
The Gypsy Girl Elite ... .2700. . 175.00
On the Steps of the Throne Pasquali . 3000 .. 300.00
The Red July (Socialist Drama) .DeKage .3000. .300.00
Romance of a Poor Girl Pathe . . .2800. . 150.00
Ring that Binds Messter .3000. . 150.00
Gambler's Victim Exclusive. 1500. . 100.00
Airman's Secret Pasquali . 1800. . 100.00
In a Siren's Power Messter . .2400. . 100.00
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Tuesday— Edison. Essanay, C. G. P. 0., Clnes,
Lubln, Sellg, Vltagraph.
Wednesday— Edison, Eclipse, Essanay, Kalem,
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Thorsday- Blograph, Essanay, Labln. Melles.
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Friday — Edison, Essanay, Kalem, Sellg, C. G. P.
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Satorday- Edison, Essanay, Clnes, Kalem, Labln,
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BIOOaAPH.
D*e. t—Wh» New York H»t (Oomedy-DrmiM) .
D««. »-^liii'i Birthday Party (Oomadr)
Dk. »— She U t PlpplB (Comedy)
Dec. 12^My Hero (Drama) ...••
Dec. 19— The Bnrglar'a Dilemma (Drama)....
Dec. 19 — ^The DlTOrcee ((3omedy)
Dec. 19 — Papering the Den (Comedy)
Dec. 28— A Cry For Help (Drama)
Dec. 26 — The (3od Within (Drama)
Dec. 30— BUI Bogg's Windfall (Comedy)
Dec. 30 — A Day's Ontlng (Comedy)
Jan. 2 — Three Friends (Drama)
Jan. 6 — ^The Telephone Girl and the Lady (Dr.)
Jan. 9 — The Best Man Wins (Comedy)
Jan. 9— The Bite of a Snake /Comedy)
CnTES.
(O. Klelne.)
Dec. T— Becanae of a Widow (CJomedy).. .....1000
Dee. 10— Plctoreaqne Italian Bcenea (Scenic).. flW
Dec. 10— The "Lion Tonic" (Comedy) JJO
Dec. 14 — Trapping -the Consplratora (Drama). ..1010
Dec. 17— Aa Fate Wills (Drama) 1000
Dec 21— The TItoU Hllla and The Falla of Anlo
(Scenic) «0
Dec. 21— Nearly Lion Tamera (Comedy) 570
Dec. 24 — A Ladles' Man (Comedy) 800
Dec. 24 — Picturesque Sorrento, Italy (Scenic).. 82S
Dec. 24 — His "Spring" Overcoat (Comedy) 875
Dec. 28 — Balkan War Scenes (Topical) 1000
Dec. 31 — Among the Abruzzl Mountains (Sc). 350
Dec. 31 — Amy's Choice (C!omedy-Drama) 750
Jan. 4 — A Sister's Heart (Drama) 1000
Jan. 4— A Sister's Heart (Drama) 1000
Jan. 7 — ^A Maid's Devotion (Drama) 1000
Jan. 11 — The Woes of a Peacemaker (Comedy) . 1000
RDISON.
Dec. 20— The First SetUer'a Story (Drama) 1000
Deo. 21— A Propoeal Under DlfflctUtlea (Com.) 990
Dec. 23 — An Old-Fashioned Elopement (Ck>m.)..1000
Dec. 24— What KaUe Did (Drama) 1000
Dec. 26 — ^I<ove Among the Geysers ((?om.) 1000
Dec. 27 — ^A Glue to Her Parentage (Being the
sixth story of "What Happened to
Mary" ) (Drama ) 1000
Dec. 28 — He Swore Off Smoking (Comedy) 625
Dse. 28 — How a Horseshoe Dpset a Happy Fam-
ily (Comedy) 475
Dec. SO — Tbe Crime of Carelessness (Drama).. 1000
Dec. 81 — For Her (Drama) 1000
Jan. 1 — Yosemlte National Park and Big
Trees of California (Scenic) 375
Jan. 1 — How They (}ot the Vote (Comedy)... 625
Jan. 8 — ^The Banning Away of Doris (Dr.).... 1000
Jan. 4 — The Red Man's Burden (Drama) 1000
Jan. 6 — The New Day's Dawn (Drama) 1000
Jan. 6 — It Is Never Too Late To Mend (Spe-
cial—2 reeU) (Drama) 2000
Jan. 7— An UnsalUed Shield (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — Interrupted Wedding Bells (Comedy). .1000
Jan. 10 — The Eldorado lode (Drama) 1000
Jan. 11 — The Maid of Honor (Drama) 1000
ESSANAT.
Dm. U— Time FUes (OsiMdy) 1000
Dee. la— Th* Proapaetor (Drama) 1000
Dec. IS— Tha Error of Omlaaloo (Bda.) 1000
Dm. 14— Alkali Iks's Uot«rcyele (Oem«]y) 1000
Dec. 17— The Vlrtoa »t Bags (Drama) 1000
Dm. 18— hi* Blrtkday Jacket (Oomady) 1000
Dm. 10 — The Sheriff's Luck (Drama) 1000
D«c. 20 — Onlseppe's Good Fortune (Comedy).. .1000
Dm. 21 — Broncho Billy's Promise (Drama) 1000
Dec. 24 — The Sheriff's Inheritance (Com.-I/r.).1000
Dec. 2S — The Cat's Paw (Drama) 1000
Dec. 26— Bin Mixes With Relations (Comedy). 1000
Dec. 27 — Love Through a Lens ((Comedy) 1000
Dec. 28 — The Reward For Broncho BlUy (Dr.). 1000
Dec. 81 — Requltted Love (Drama) 1000
Jan. 1 — Seeing Is Believing (Comedy) 1000
Jan. 2 — ^The Miner's Request (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — When Soul Meets Soul (Drama) 1000
Jan. 4— Broncho Billy and the Maid (Dr.).. 1000
Jan. 7 — The Heiress (Comedy) 1000
SALEU.
Dm. 23 — The Sbanghrann (SpMlal 8 reel Dr.).. 8000
Dec. 23 — The Two Runaways (Dr.) 1000
Dm. 25 — A Busy Day In the Jangle ((X)m.)..
Dm. 26 — Brave Old Bill (Com.)
Dm. 27 — A Business Buccaneer (Dr.) 1000
Dm. 28— a Mountain Tragedy (Dr.) 1000
Dec. 80 — ^The Peace Offering (Comedy)
Dec. 30 — Why Tightwad Tips (Comedy)
Jan. 1— The Mission of a Bullet (Drama)... .1000
Jan. 3 — A Treacherous Shot (Drama) 1000
Jan. 4 — The Flag of Freedom (Drama) 1000
Jan. 6 — The Usurer (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — The Manicurist and the Mutt (Com.)
Jan. 8 — Johnny Goes Ducking (CJomedy)
Jan. 10 — The Wives of Jamestown (SpMlal —
2 reels) (Drama) 2000
Jan. 10 — Grandfather (Drama) 1000
Jan. 11— A SawmlU Hazard (Drama) 1000
LTTBIN.
Dec. 23 — The Montebank's Daughter (Drama).. 1000
Dec. 24 — The End of the Feud (Drama) 1000
Dec. 26 — Two Boys (Comedy-Drama) 1000
Dec. 27— Palmetto Hat Industry (Industrial)..
Dec. 27 — Once Was Enough (CJomedy)
Dec. 28— The Blind Cattle King (Drama) 1000
Dec. 30 — The Power of Silence (2 reels) (Spe-
cial-Drama) 2000
Dec. 30 — A Mother's Strategy (Drama) 1000
Dec. 31 — The Bravery of Dora (Drama) 1000
Jan. 2-John Arthur's Trust (Drama) 1000
Jan. 3 — Guilty Conscience (Comedy)
Jan. 3 — Just Out of College (Com.-Dr.)
Jan. 4 — The Love Token (Drama) 1000
Jan. 6 — (Courageous Blood (Drama) 1000
Jan. 7 — The Village Blacksmith (Drama) 1000
Jan. 9— Twilight of Her Life (Drama) 1000
Jan. 10 — Stage Struck Sallle (Comedy)
Jan. 10 — An Accidental Dentist (Comedy)
Jan. 11 — San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona
(Industrial)
Jan. 11 — The Artist's Romance (Comedy-Drama)
MELIES.
Not. 7 — The Smuggler's Prisoner CDr.).. 1000
Nov. 14 — Value Received (Drama) 1000
Nov. 21 — The Governor's Cflemency (Drama) . .1000
Nov. 28— Linked By Fate (Dr.) 1000
Dec. 5 — The Sheriff Pro Tern (Dr.) 1000
Dm. 12 — The Castaway (Drama) 1000
Dec. 19 — A Woodland (Jhrlstmas In CJallfemla
(Drama) 1000
Dec. 26 — Jack's Burglar (Drama) 1000
Jan. 2 — Tempest Tossed (Drama) 1000
Jan. 9 — Her Great Chance (Drama) 1000
Dec 20 — The Last Performance (spMlal lelMM^
2 rMls) (Drama)
Dm. 21 — A Simple Maid (Drama)
Dec. 28 — Patbe's Weekly, No. 62 (Topical) — ..
Dec. 26 — Dynamited Love (Comedy)
Dm. 26 — The Beach Combers (Drama)
Dm. 28 — The Bear Trap (Drama)
Dm. 80— Pathe's WMkly, No. 58 (Topical)
Jan. 1 — ^The Cowboy and the Baby (CJomedy).
Jan. 2 — The Frame-Up (Drama)
Jan. 8 — Romeo and Juliet (2 reels) (Special
Drama)
Jan. 4 — The Doctor's Blind Child (Drama)...
Jan. 6 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 2 (Topical)
Jan. 8 — Peggy and the Old Scott (Drama)....
Jan. 9 — The Hollow Tree (Drama)
Jan. 11 — Starting Something (CJomedy)
0. O. F. 0.
Dm. 1>— The Capture ot Ur. Bottly BMttt
(Comedy).
Dm. U— The Apple Indoatry la Waaklaftia
(Educational)
Dm. It — Lisbon and Oporto (Scenic)
Dm. 17— a Rival of Corosa (Comedy)
Dec. 17 — Metamorphoses (Trick)
Dec. 20 — A Farm House Romance (CJomedy)....
Dec. 20 — The DIonnes on the Hortaontal Bar
(Acrobatic)
Dm. 24 — The Christmas Miracle (Drama)
Dm. 27 — French Naval Manoenvres (Naval)..
Dm. 27— The Cbatanch and Her Family (Bdn.)
Dec. 31 — The Caprices of the King (Hlst.-Dr.)
Jan. 3 — Between the Girls (CJomedy)
Jan. 3 — Sand Hoppers (Scientific)
Jan. 7 — Love tJnconqueratde (Comedy)
Jan. 10 — Radiography In Practice (Scientific).
Jan. 10— The Life of Ants (Educational)
SELI(}.
Dec. 17 — Buck's Romance (Drama) 1060
Dm. 18 — The Millionaire Vagabonds (CJomedy) . . 1000
Dec. 19 — Sammy Orpheus (Comedy) 1000
Dm. 20 — The Last of Her Tribe (Drama) 1000
Dec. 23 — Harbor Island (Drama) 100*
Dm. 24— Roderick's Ride (Drama) 1000
Dm. 26 — A (Jonnterfelt Santa Clans ((Jomedy)>. . 100*
Dec. 26 — The Little Organ Player of San Joan
(Drama) 1000
Dm. 27 — How the "Duke of Leisure" Reached
His Winter Home (CJomedy)
Dm. 27 — A Pair of Boots (Comedy)
Dec. 30 — Our Lady of the Pearls (Drama).... 1000
Dm. 81 — ^A Rough Ride with Nitroglycerine
(Drama) 1000
Jan. 1 — A Loyal Deserter (Drama) IfiOO
Jan. 2 — Greater Wealth (Drama) 1000
.Tan. 3 — A. Curious Family (Comedy)
Jan. 3 — Steak and Onions (Comedy)
Jan. 6 — Prompted by Jealousy (Drama) 1000
Jan. 7 — The Gunflghter's Son (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — The Man Who Might Have Been
(Dr.) 1000
JAN. 9 — The False Order (Drama) 1000
Jan. 10 — ^The Cowboy Editor (Comedy)
Jan. 10 — Whose Wife Is This? (Comedy)
ECLIPSE.
(O. Klelne.)
Not. 27— a Man (or a Day (Com.) «00
Dm. 4 — Wrongly Accused (Drama) 1008
Dm. 11 — The Mancheater Ship (Janal, Bnfland
(Scenic) 400
Dec. 11 — Just Missed Him (CJomedy) WO
Dm. 16 — The Red Man's Honor (Parts 1 ft 3)
(Drama) (SpMlal) 3000
Dec. 18 — Picturesque Dalmatia (Scenic) 460
Dec. 18 — ^Three Rogues Outwitted (Comedy) 660
Dm. 25 — Beauty Spots In South Wales (Sc.)... 260
Dm. 26 — Wood Industry In French Jura (Ind.) tOO
Dm. 25 — The "Angel" Child (CJomedy) 460
Jan. 1— Laughing Billy (CJomedy) 400
Jan. 1 — A Pour- Footed Cupid (CJomedy) 600
Jan. 8 — Kidnapping the Fiddler (Comedy) 850
Jan. 8 — Along the Coast of Dalmatia (Scenic). 166
PATHE.
Dm. 12 — The (Jompact (Drama)
Dm. 14 — The Blae and Fall of Ifiekay Ma-
bone (CJomedy) •
Dee. 14 — Belndeer Hooting In Norway (Beaale)
Dm. 16— Pathe's WMkly, No. 61 (Topical)....
Dm. 18 — The Receiving Teller (Drama)
Dm. 19 — OUmpses of Montana (Scenic)
Dm. 1»— 61dl HadJI Moorsonlk (Acrobatic)....
YJTAOBAFH.
Dm. 17 — The Night Before Christmaa (Drama).. 100<
Dec. 18 — Who Stole Bunny's Umbrella (CJomedy)
Dec. 18 — At the Dog Show (Topical)
Dm. 19— The Hat (Drama) 1000
Dm. 20 — Following the Star (Drama) 1000
Dec. 21. — A Marriage of Convenience (Drama). .1000
Dm. 23.— While She Powdered Her Nose (Com.). 1000
Dm. 24 — It All Came Out In the Wash (Com.)
Dm. 24 — Ida's Christmas (Comedy)
Dm. 26 — Two Women and Two Men (Drama). 1000
Dm. 26 — FrMklee (CJomedy) 1000
Dm. 27 — The Better Man (Drama) 1000
Dec. 27 — The Reincarnation of Karma (Spe-
cial—2 reels) (Drama) 2000
Dm. 28 — Sue Simpkins' Ambition (Comedy) 1000
Dm. 80 — Planting the Spring Garden (CJom.)..1000
Dec. 81 — A Woman (Drama) 1000
Jan. 1 — ^Love Hath Wrought a Miracle (Dr.).
Jan. 1 — Casey At the Bat (Comedy)
Jan. 2 — The Adventure of the CJounterfelt
BlUs (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — Mr. Bolter's Niece (Drama) 1000
Jan. 4 — ^A Bit of Blue Ribbon (Drama) inon
Jan. 6 — The Angel of the Desert (Drama).. .1000
Jan. 7 — ^The Wings of a Moth (Drama) 1000
Jan. 8 — The Delayed Letter (Drama) 1000
Jan. 9 — ^Two of a Kind (Comedy)
Jan. 9— Betty's Baby (Comedy)
Jan. 10— The Ambassador's Disappearance (Dr.) 1000
JAN. 1 — O'Hara Helps (Jopld (CJomedy) lOOO
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50 Association Players
40 Mutual Players 30 Universal Players
so far comprise our collection of post cards and we are adding to them almost dally.
Every film manufacturer has their popular players and we can give tbem all to you.
Handsome Photos (II x 14) $2.00 for cither set.
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Hobart Bosworth, Kathlyn Williams, Uaro Uaodermott, Buth Belaud, Ed-
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Augustus Carney, Guy Coombs, Eobert Vignola,
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THE FALSE ORDER
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jewels by another woman furnishes the theme. About 1,000 ft.
Jan 7th THE GUNFIGHTER'S SON
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against an instinct which was the undoing of his father — the Instinct
tu protect or shoot when insulted. About 1,000 ft.
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THE MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A real heart interest drama tTiat strikes close to the home and
Ill-art of every audience. A story of a man's misspent life and what
it might have amounted to if . About 1,000 ft.
Feature Bailroad Drama. A Headliner.
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and containing one of the most thrilling scenes ever depicted in motion
pictures. ' See the great head-on collision of two giant locomotives.
About 1,000 ft.
Jan. 10th.
THE COWBOY EDITOR
A most laughable comedy of Journalism in the west of yesterday.
Good situations and clever characterizations mark this as a winner.
On the same reel with
WHOSE WIFE IS THIS?
Another brilliant comedy produced In the best style of Selig's west-
em comedy players. Combined length aboat 1,000 ft'.
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FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
START THE NEW
YEAR RIGHT
Make a few resolutions^ then carry each one to a successful
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May you all enjoy a Happy and Prosperous New
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NEWBURGH, N. Y., U.S.A.
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If you want to give your patrons
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Wurlitzer FianOrcbestra in Bijou Theatre, San Francisco, Cal.
Write for .32-page booklet, showing
Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments
in the leading picture theatres of the country.
The Wtjriitzer Instruments furnish better music than iD"sicians
and reduce expenses. 50 different styles ; time paymeu, ' ; big
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CINCINNATI NEW YORK CHICAGO PHIUADBLPHIA
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If I Owned
Your House
I would grab the Universal program
from the nearest Laemmle Film Ser-
vice office without letting the grass
grow under my feet a single instant.
I would protect my future by making
dead sure that I had an absolutely
perfect program. I would go wild
with enthusiasm over the opportunity
of getting
UNIVERSAL
Feature Films
Without Extra Cost!
The exhibitors of America have never
had such a gilt etlge proposition put
before them. Those that do not grab
it but continue to pay fancy prices
for "state rights" films not half so
good are simply throwing money to
the dogs. My ofifer is so good that
you think it can't be true. If that's
the case why not investigate and see
what's doing in the film business?
This is no time to take a nap! Wire
immediately 1
CARL LAEMMLE, President
The Laemmle Film
Service
204 West Lake Street, Chicago, III.
Sykes Block, Minneapolis, Minn.
1JI2 Farnum Street, Omaha, Neb.
421 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa,
The Biggest and Best Film Renter in the World'
When Your Picture Machine Needs Repairing
Why don't you tend it to u* ?
We have the best equipped machine shop in the country and can re-
pair any make of machine. Write us and get acquainted.
We bay second hand machine*.
GEO. M. HOKE SUPPLY CO., 176 N. State St, StJ^U Chicago, IB.
THE SIMPSON SOLAR SCREEN
The only Metallic Screen without
seams, patented. Buy the real
thing. Beware of imitations
ALFRED L. SIMPSON, Inc.
No. 113 W. 132nd Sl, N. Y. City
Headquarters for
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CURTAINS and PICTURE BOOTHS
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BOOKLET 39 Pearl St.,iB<Mton,Ma88.
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thousand for certain States.
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Key and Complete Lecture for "Dante's Inferno"
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"Life of Moses" (Vitagraph Five-Reel) lo
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SANTA GLAUS
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TERMS REASONABLE
High-Class
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Double the Business
In 1912 Over That of 1911 Proves Conclusively the Merit of the
HALLBERG CURRENT SAVING DEVICES
Hundreds of exhibitors, in all parts of the country have
benefited by my advice, without any charge, saving
money in their original equipment, and by purchasing from
me securing only the right goods and the best made.
Be Wise and Get the Money
Help me to double my record for the past year and in
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Buy the Hallberg Standard A. C. Economizer only.
It saves the most and gives the best light.
1 EQUIP THEATRES COMPLETELY
Free Circulars on all makes of M. P. Machines, but Hallberg's
Big Catalogue, 100 Pages, costs you 25c by mail.
J. H. HALLBERG, 36 East 23rd Street. NEW YORK
Opening Announcement
Up Town Exchange for Universal Films
On Monday, January 6, 1913, we
will open another office in New
York City, This is caused by the
large demand for Universal Films,
The office will be known as the
Universal Film Exchange of New York
"Mecca Branch"
1600 Broadway, New York
Telephone 4434 Bryant
Arrange Booking now and get choice runs
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ELECTRIC
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will famish direct current for your ihow
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yon can get from the best Central Station
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pay for electric current and hare all the
light you w9iLt when yon want It.
Send for Bulletin F-$8,
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Write to-day for Circular A.
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SCENARIO
WRITERS !
If your scenarios do not sell
find out why. Perhaps your
manuscript can be rewritten and
made saleable, and your mistakes
may be corrected in future manu-
scripts. The author of "Tech
nique of the Photoplay," etc., will
(five your manuscript personal
criticism for a fee of $2.
Exhibitors !
Submit your difficulties to the
author of "The Photoplay Thea-
ter," and other articles on man-
agement, for advice and sugges-
tion, the result of twenty years'
experience in amusement enter-
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For .bookings Gypsy Blood, The
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G.MELIES
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ENGAGED
HER GREAT CHANCE
Fleeing from the West after an unconventional episode with Smith,
the gambler, Ann, through a kindly stranger whom she had once aided,
secures a home with Easterners who educate and refine her. Three years
later their son is on the eve of marrying her when Smith burglarizes the
house, and, caught, exposes his former lover. He
offers love letters as proof, but the son loves Ann for
herself and nobly tears them up unread.
G. MELIES, 204 EAST 38th ST., NEW YORK CITY
Approx. 1000 fe^t
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POWER'S CAMERAGRAPH No. 6A
WILL BRING YOU
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Of steady Business and Assured Success
THE MACHINE OF POWER
CONSTRUCTED BY POWER
Means a Full House All the Time
CONSTRUCTION: Of the best material— simple but perfect.
OPERATION: Almost noiseless — may be run by a child, but does a man's work.
PROJECTION: Absolutely perfect — pictures clear, steady, without flicker.
LOOP SETTER DEVICE: Resets lower loop autcmatically without stopping. No more
dark screens and interrupted pictures.
MOTOR DRIVE: Latest approved design.
THE
RESULT IS
POWER'S CAMERA-
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has won the
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leading moving
picture machine.
THIS HAS BEEN
PROVED BY
ITS ADOPTION
By all prominent
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Elmendorf, Burton
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ITS ADOPTION
By the U. S. Govern-
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ITS ADOPTION
By the big feature
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and by leading
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the world.
AND
The fact that there are sold more POWER'S CAMERAGRAPHS than ail other machines combined.
POWER'S CAMERAGRAPHS are in the majority of houses of the world. Why not in yours ?
Catalogue G will give you full details.
NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY, 90 GOLD ST., NEW YORK
THE LEADING MAKERS OF MOTION PICTURE MACHINES
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January 11. 1913
Price. 10c
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For EASTER Church Booking
"The Star of Bethlehem," Thanhouser's bibhcal masterpiece in
three reels, which a FEW selected Eastern churches (names
on request) showed at CHRISTMAS TIME with such aus-
picious success, is the newest religious production obtainable.
Bookers of Church, society, lyceum and like entertainments
should bear this in mind. It is by far
The Most SUITABLE Motion Picture
of a biblical nature for Easter exhibition, since it deals totally
with the Birth of the Redeemer, picturing it in greater detail
than has ever been known before. It is the PERFECT EAS-
TER FILM. There is not too much of it; the "happy length,"
3000 feet, is reached ; and there can be no complaint on the
usual "too-long" score.
Is Thanhouser's " Star of Bethlehem"
to be easily had? Assuredly. There are forty film ex-
changes (addresses on request) who have one or more
sets of the subject. Practically all the larger cities, there-
1 fore, hold a copy. The rental sum is small, and
the benefits vast. For further particulars address
(on your letter-head) BETHLEHEM DEPT.,
I' THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION,
,NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.
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Thanhouser's
next feature is the splendid historical story from
the pen of Mrs. Yonge, reproduced in two reels,
TUESDAY, JAN. 28.
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
A thrilling drama of the stirring days when might
made right. There's "perfect publicity" for this !
Sunday,
Jan. i2th The City Mouse
She goes to the country and becomes a village queen.
It is a novel story, but it is a depiction of a condition
you have seen in real life and it rings true.
Tuesday,
Jan. 14th The Tiniest of Stars
A touching story of "Amateur Night." Fine couK ly
is supplied bv the poor acting of the amateurs a. id
hue pathos is furnished by the fine photoplaying of
the superb "Thanhouser Stock."
Friday,
Jan. 17th Napoleon's Luck Stone
The tale of a meek little clerk who is made a fear-
less hero simply through possession of a charm which
he believes to be Napoleon's Luck Stone. And
then it turns out to be a !
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THIS WEEK! A Box Office Attraction! THIS WEEK!
"Alkali" ike in Jayville
EXCRUCIATINGLY FUNNY IN EVERY DETAIL
"Alkali" Ike, the "Gibraltar of Fun."
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Released Tuesday, January 7th
TKio ''Meiress"
A ridiculously funny comedy of errors, with E. H. Calvert, "Billy" Mason, John Steppling and Eleanor Blanchard.
Released Wednesday, January 8th
" Woro's Your Mat"
Another screamingly funny comedy. Did anybody ever talce your hat in a restaurant (or out of it)? That's the answer.
Released Thursday, January gth
A.ll<ali" lice in Jayville
With Augustus Carney as "Alkali" Ike, in a side-splitting comedy — XUF SED.
Released Friday, January loth
" Jimmy "
A corking good comedy-drama. An up-to-da.te American boy plays sleuth. See him outwit a desperate criminal.
Released Saturday, January nth
i-icHo Billy and THe Ou■bla^A/'s IVlo-tHer"
A heart-rending story of the early days in the far West, featuring Mr. G. M. Anderson.
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Coming Very, Very Soon!
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Coming Very, Very Soon!
KING ROBERT OF SICILY"
(LONGFELLOW'S WONDERFUL POEM IN THREE REELS.)
THE GREATEST SCENIC PRODUCTION EVER STAGED BEFORE A CAMERA IN AMERICA.
WE HAVE EDUCATED THE EXHIBITORS. THE WISE ONES ARE USING THREE-SHEET POSTERS OF
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PER DOZEN— CAN BE SECURED FROM THE PLAYERS PHOTO COMPANY, 177 N. STATE ST., CHICAGO,
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Branch Offices in London, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona
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GAUMOINT STATE RIGHT FEATURES
THE HUMAN VULTURE
(TWO REELS)
The drowning of the coal miners sacrificed to the mine owner's greed.
How the wife of one of his victims defended the criminal in support of
her principles of hospitality. The summary of vengeance which nature
wreaked when the mob clamored for his life.
THE WHITE GLOVE BAND
(THREE REELS)
The atrocious deeds of a clique of criminals that terrorized Paris. The
passion of a woman member of the coterie of crime for the master detec-
tive which saved him from merciless hands. Acting within action which
meant liberty and all to a love-regenerated actress. The stirring scenes
are laid in the cafes of Paris, an Apache den and the bandits' lair.
IN THE GRIP of the VAMPIRE
(THREE REELS)
THE BRIDGE of SORROW
(TWO REELS)
THE
INTERNATIONAL
CONSPIRACY
(THREE REELS)
AN OPPORTUNITY
Exclusive rights to all GAUMONT regular
releases, including the GAUMONT WEEK-
LY, are open in parts of the United States.
Negotiations will not long remain pending.
To avoid disappointment send
your inquiry now.
PERILS OF THE
ATLANTIC
(TWO REELS)
THE VENGEANCE OF EGYPT
(THREE REELS)
IN THE LAND OF THE LIONS
(TWO REELS, HAND-COLORED)
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Shipments through FILM SUPPLY COMPANY OF AMERICA
GAUMONT CO.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
DOING BIG THINGS
WITHOUT EXTRA PAY
Don't go to sleep tonight until you have made
arrangements to get
Sheridan s Ride
Three Reel "101 Bison" Military Drama
The greatest Civil War spectacle ever por-
trayed on film. A picture teeming with vital
interest and historical heart throbs.
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WAIT FOR IT
WATCH FOR IT
GET IT
This positive state right feature will be issued
as a r^g^w/c/r Universal release. You won't have
to pay a penny extra to secure it.
A special company with a brilliant director is now
operating in the Hawaiian Islands, and we will soon see
some very superior pictures staged in the garden spot of
the world.
Each production will be a feature which will be in-
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"THE SEE-SAW OF LIFE" (Drama).
Monday, January 13th.
Through the tender ministrations of a Salvation
Army lass, a society leader was saved from degra-
dation.
"A LITTLE MOTHER WANTS A MAMMA"
(Drama).
Thursday, January i6th.
A theme that will touch a chord in the hearts of
both old and young. Brilliantly directed; master-
fully staged.
"THE BOOB'S INHERITANCE— THE PHOS-
PHATE INDUSTRY" (Split).
Saturday, January i8th.
The funniest comedy you ever laid eyes on. The
laughs jump out of the picture. Very interesting
and educational.
''101 BISON''
"A FRONTIER PROVIDENCE."
(Two-reel Drama).
Tuesday, Jeinuary 14th.
Excitement runs riot throughout the entire two
thousand feet. Beautiful settings and enchanting
story. You will like it: so will your patrons.
"REGIMENTAL PALS" (Drama).
Saturday, January i8th.
How a dying soldier, goaded on by jealous taunts,
was saved from death on the desert. A Western
novelty. Not a shot fired during the entire drama.
"DETECTIVE'S SANTA CLAUS."
Tuesday, January 14th.
The children wanted to trap Santa Claus, but they
caught a burglar instead. Delightfully pleasant
story, cleverly enacted.
"NOBODY'S LOVE STORY" (Drama).
Thursday, January i6th.
There is a spirit of mystery injected into this dra-
matic story that makes it an emotional offering of
rare merit.
"FUNNICUS MARRIES A HUNCHBACK— LIFE
IN INDIA" (SpUt).
Sunday, January 19th.
Funnicus concocts another barrel of fun for your
amusement. Along with it a travel film that will
please.
FRONTI ER
"THE LAST RUN OF THE OLD SANTA FE
COACH" (Drama).
Wednesday, January 15th.
Fifteen minutes of pleasing diversion. You will
like the exciting parts. You will admire the pho-
tography and excellence of production.
REX
Peeps Into The Future
NOW IN PREPARATION:
EVERY FOOT OF THE OFFICIAL INSPEC-
TION BY PRESIDENT TAFT OF THE PAN-
AMA CANAL.
"THE FLOWER GIRL" (Drama).
Thursday, January i6th.
The elaborateness of setting, the especial merit of
story, and very superior acting make this a particu-
larly worth while release.
"HE NEVER KNEW" (Drama).
Sunday, January 19th.
The fatal step she was about to take was provi-
dentially averted, and her husband never knew.
THE ANIMAT
Wednesday,
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news this
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"MAMMY'S CHILE" (Comedy).
Wednesday, January 15th.
Well! Well! An entirely new style of j:omedy.
A. little pickaninny plays an important part in this
round of merriment.
"THE TRAMP REPORTER" (Two-reel Drama).
Friday, January 17th.
You will feel enraptured when you see how the
young reporter sacrificed his career so that an old
newspaper man might be reinstated. Highly emo-
tional. Brilliantly produced.
GEM
"THE NINTH COMMANDMENT" (Drama).
Tuesday, January 14th.
Conscience-stricken, he sought to right the
wrong he had done. Pathetic and beautiful.
VICTOR
"THE HYPOCRITES" (Comedy).
Friday, January 17th.
Tom was a minister's son, but he didn't act like
one. The gay r.eighbors were solemn. They thought
, they had to be. The deception of both causes no end
- of laughter.
CH AMPIO N
"SINS OF THE FATHER" (Drama).
Monday, January 13th.
There is a sublimity in the story about which you
will rave. Photographic excellence and direction
that is unexcelled.
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January 15th
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"CUPID FINDS A WAY" (Western Comedy).
Monday, January 13th.
A potpourri of frivolity; twenty thousand laughs
crowded into fifteen minutes' entertainment.
"THE QUICKEST WAY" (Western Comedy).
Wednesday, January 15th.
Matt enjoyed playing husband to his friend's wife,
until his own wife appeared. It wasn't quite so
humorous after that. A very funny comedy.
"A WAIF OF THE DESERT" (Drama).
Friday, January 17th.
Though he aspired to be the husband of the babe
he had found on the desert, he bore his disappoint-
ment stoically, and blessed the man she had chosen.
''CRYSTAL"
"A DIP INTO SOCIETY"— "THE FAKE GAS
MAN" (Split Comedy).
Sunday, January 19th.
Two admirable farce comedies developing some
extraordinarily amusing situations. Miss Pearl
White featured in two clever roles.
MILAN O
"LIFE'S LOTTERY" (Two-reel Drama).
Sunday, January i8th.
A graphic portrayal of the plot of a young noble-
man to bring disgrace upon a young girl, and her
victory over his machinations.
Peeps Into The Future
DON'T LET THIS GET BY.
SHERIDAN'S RIDE
Three-Reel loi Bison.
The greatest military drama ever produced.
The Acme of Motion Picture Art.
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A charming drama of] "pathos and rapture, staged in gorgeous
Southern California.
Release Date, Monday, January 13, 1913
THE AWAKENING
The story of a waif ofj^'the hills, carrying a powerful appeal for
life and happiness.
Release Date, Thursday, January 16, 1913
His Old-Fashioned Mother
A touching human interest story.
The Walnut Industry
A meritorious educational subject.
Release Date, Saturday, January 18, 1913
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BEASTS OF THE JUNGLE
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tween a man and a lion. Vinnie Burns shows remarkable pluck in a scene
with the tiger.
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REGULAR RELEASES
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
Released Wednesday, January 15th
A young widow and her daughter are in love with the same man. The
daughter encourages the attentions of the man her mother loves, not knowing
the situation. When the mother learns from the lips of the daughter that the
man had proposed, she refuses her consent to the match. The daughter is
heartbroken, but the mother later conquers the woman in her, and does not
interfere in her daughter's happiness.
THE OUARRELLERS
Released Friday, January 17th
A widower marries a widow. The son of the widower marries the daughter
of the widow. The children do not get along well together. They quarrel
and are disagreeable. To show them how ugly people appear when they
quarrel the parents give an exhibition for the benefit of their children. Many
novel situations are brought out.
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THE ROLL OF HONOR
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14th
DUNGEON OF DESPAIR
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THURSDAY, JANUARY i6th
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PRESIDENT TAFT'S
OFFICIAL TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE
PANAMA CANAL
In Two Parts.
UNIQUE, ORIGINAL FEATURES
The Presidential Battleships
Showing battleships under full speed taken from the fighting tops. Also close view of President Taft, Col.
Goethals and other officials being transferred from the tug to the battleships during a high sea.
Arrival of Presidential Party at Colon and Start of the Tour of
Inspection
A panoramic view of the Atlantic end of tlie Canal showing the official inspection by the Presidential party.
The Gatun Locks in Actual Operation
The Pedro Miguel Locks Operated for the Inspection
The Miraflores Locks Opened and Closed for the President
The mammoth locks fully operated for the Ijencfit of the President and his official party, showing the mas-
sive gates opening and closing in their control of the waters. .\lso the enormous masonry and concrete
construction in panoramic views.
New Spillway of the Gatun Dam and Lake Gatun
The spillway opened for inspection by the official party, showing the tremendous rush of waters into the
Chagres Ri\er and ihc filling of the artificially created Lake Catun with the overflow.
Presidential Party and Panama Officials at Luncheon
Inspection of the Culebra Cut by the President and Col. Goethals
During a Landslide
A general obser\-ation of the entire cut from the rear of the Presidential special. Close views of the works
showing the steam shovels, drills, etc. A steam shovel toying with a 1 2-ton rock, especially exhibited for the
president. A remarkable picture of an actual breakaway and landslide in this most difficult engineering feat.
Three Ex-Presidents of the Republic of Panama
Photos in motion of the ditTerent native executives who have had rule over the destinies of the new republic
which made possible the great ditch.
The Presidential Party Visits the Old City of Panama
The abandoned city, the old ruins, the scenes of the exploits of the buccaneer .Morgan.
Xmas Festivities and Receptions of the Presidential Party
Naos and Flamenco Islands, Quarantine Station, Sites of the Great
Fortifications
♦ General panorama of the Pacific end of the Canal showing the entire site from the Presidential tug.
Native Life, Homes, Public Buildings, and Customs of Colon and Panama
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"A SHADOW of the PAST"
TWO REELS, JANUARY 22
A splendidly acted subject showing how a shadow was cast on the life of a young woman by
the appearance of a former husband whom she believed dead, during the exciting moment of an
attack by Indians whom he, a renegade, is leading. His better nature prevails and he protects
her, later meeting his death at the hands of the soldiers.
COMING! COMING! COMING!
"THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG"
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Keystone Comedies
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A Split Reel January 13
Scenes from "The Cure That Failed'
"THE CURE THAT FAILED"
In endeavoring to break a man of the habit of
drinking a friend makes up as a woman and tells
him they were married while intoxicated. He sees
through the joke, however, and feigns suicide, and
the jokers are arrested.
"HOW HIRAM WON OUT"
Hiram fails to rescue his girl when she falls into
the water, as he cannot swim. The city chap does,
and wins her gratitude. How Hiram won out shows
a series of most amusing incidents. Mirth pro-
voking situations.
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Jan. 13, "The Cure That Failed" and "How Hiram Won Out"
Jan. 20, "Sir Thomas Lipton" and "For Lizzie's Sake"
Jan. 27, "The Mistaken Masher" and "The Deacon Outwitted'
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Battle scenes of indescribable spectacularism carry this highly dramatic
story of a Southern girl who followed the dictates of her heart in effect-
ing the escape of a Northern officer who loved her, and who had saved
her brother from death. A great feature.
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COMING RELEASES
"THE MOSAIC LAW"
2 reels, Jan. 24
"WHEN LINCOLN PAID"
2 reels, Jan. 31
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RELEASES FOR NEXT WEEK
Eclipse, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1913
Two Men and a Girl
Frank Becomes Jealous
An excellent drama, filled with unusual situations.
Cines, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1913
A Fishermaiden's Heart
(Drama) ,
The Veiino River and Falls
(Scenic)
Cines Release, Jan. 18, 1913
Taming the Spooks
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The Absent-Minded Lover
(Comedy)
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Cleopatra
The most
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IT is crowded with
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from beginning to end,
and the continuity of
the story as told by
the talented director
and sympathetic act-
ress is perfect. There
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at any stage of_^ the
production.
I rose from the exhibi-
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The Story
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picture ever produced.
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The picture is of high
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Elach of the five parts
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Ambrosio's Masterpiece'
or. The Drama of Humanity
IN FOUR PARTS
An Educational Feature, Suitable
for Schools, Churches or Theat(
The Greatest Morality Picture Ever Produced
A Picture That Will Make Men Think
PART ONE
\X7HEREIN Satan begins at the begin-
' ning, tempting Adam and Eve; and
later inciting Cain against Abel. Satan's
activities among prehistoric men are largely
confined to sowing discontent that results
in war. Through his evil promptings the
offering up of human sacrifices begins. His
evil genius is also here manifested in his
direction of the manufacture of the first
sword. Based on Milton'
"Paradise Lost."
PART TWO
HEREIN Satan directs his evil in-
fluences against Our Savior. This
part is based upon the book of "Mes-
siade," by the German author, Klopstok.
The coming of Jesus is a sight to Satan that is
physically unbearable. The evil one increases
his activities and is seen at work among the
soldiers of Herod. His particular instrument,
however; is Judas Iscariot. Great is the joy
of the evil spirit when Jesus is finally crucified. Greater
still is his discomfiture as Jesus again walks forth into
the light. In this part the visible power of evil work-
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XX7HEREIN Satan takes science unto himself as
one of his agencies of evil. In a monastic
laboratory he teaches a weak-willed monk the art
of distilling liquor, and thereby inflicts upon the
human race the curse of drink. Mephisto'al^work
during the medieval period is then taken uf
gradual development of the temptations of li:
have been handed down to us is skillfully
The inevitable consequences of the immo"3
of money and wine are shown in a way th
a great lesson.
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'\J17HEREIN Satan appears at work among us of
modern times. While many of the sins of
other times still continue with us, the Spirit of Evil
has developed a number of new ones that we do
not forcibly realize until we see this part of the
picture. The great trusts are seen as agents of the
Devil to wreck the lives of women and workers.
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Released January 11th
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH Two Reds
An Up-To-Date Moral Story. Released January 18th
WHAT THE UNKNOWN CONCEALS Two Reds
^ Drama of Great Interest. Released January 25th
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The Edison
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Jan. 7 — "An ■Unsullied Shield," by Charles J. Brabin. 1,000 feet.
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" 8 — "Interrupted Weddins Bells." 1,000 feet. Comedy.
** 10 — "Tho Eldorado Lode," by H. B. Marriott Watson. 1,000
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" 13 — "The Office Boy's Birthday," by Charles M. Seay. 600 feet.
Comedy.
" 14— "At Bear Track Gulch," by R. P. Janette. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
" 15— "The Title Cure.*' by George A. Imlach. 1,000 feet. Comedy.
" 17— "Leonie," by Bannister Merwin. 1,000 feet. Dramatic.
" 18 — "The Mountaineers," by Bannister Merwin. 1,000 feet.
Dramatic.
" 20 — "The Man He Might Have Been," by James Oppenheim.
1,000 feet. Dramatic.
" 21 — "The Ambassador's Daughter, by Bannister Merwin. 1,000
feet. Dramatic.
*' 22 — "The Power of Sleep," by James Oppenheim. 1,000 feet.
Comedy.
" 24 — "False to Their Trust," being the seventh story of "What
Happened to Mary," produced in collaboration with The
Ladies' World. 1,000 leet. Dramatic.
" 26 — "The Lorelei," adapted from the song and legend. 1,000
feet. Dramatic.
*' 27 — "The Dancer," by James Oppenheim, 1,000 feet. Dramatic,
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SPECIAL TWO-REEL FEATURE
Released Friday, January 17tli, 1913,^Through the General Film Co.
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THE MEXICAN SPY"
Tom Loring is saved from the clutches of Senor Luis
Rivera, a Mexican spy, by his sweetheart, Mary Lee. Mary
receives an appointment as a Red Cross Nurse, and is sent
to the frontier. The company starts on a trip. Rivera,
hearing of it, starts in pursuit. There is a terrible battle,
Tom and Mary being the sole survivors. Mary goes for
help, and returns in time to save Tom, who has been
wounded. She nurses him back to life and happiness.
The Village Blacksmith" Tuesday, January 7tli. 1913
Dexter Pratt, the village blacksmith, has a wife and three children, Annie, Tom and Dick. Herbert, son
of the judge, is a worthless fellow, but wins the girl's love. They elope, and a mock ceremony is performed.
They are followed, Herbert is unmasked and the girl brought back and convinced of his treachery.
^^ Twilight Oi Her Lite" Thursday, January 9th, 1913
A beautiful story, showing that true love never dies.
A SPLIT COMEDY REEL
"An Accidental Dentist" ^74 Feet Friday, January 10th, 1913
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Murphy plays the dentist, catches the crooks, and wins Nora. A scream from start to finish.
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Stage Struck Sally" ^^^ ^^* Friday, January 10th, 1913
A real comedy — funny complications — happy ending.
"The Artist's Romance" ^^9 Feet Saturday, January 11th, 1913
Arthur John, an artist, while hunting shoots a rabbit. He is seen by Lottie, another artist, and when he
holds the rabbit up, she takes it from him. She carries it home, dresses its wound, and makes it a pet. They
both get an inspiration from the incident, and enter their pictures at the Academy. They later become sweet-
hearts, and the rabbit is finally turned loose in the woods.
ON THE SAME REEL
229 Feet Saturday, January 11th, 1913
' ' San Xa vier Mission "
A beautiful educational picture, staged in old Mexico.
"A Timely Rescue"
Monday, January 13th, 1913
John Bronson leaves his devoted sweetheart and goes to the city in search of fame and fortune. He neg-
lects the home folks. Lottie and her mother follow. Poor and hungry, she finds Bronson in a dance hall.
There is a happy reunion and they soon have a cheerful little home.
Beautiful One, Three and Six Sheet Posters of our Photoplays, printed in five colors
can be obtained from your Exchange or the A. B. C. Company, Cleveland, Ohio
LUBIN MANUFACTURING CO.
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The Nurse at Mulberry Bend
A Story of the Lower East Side of New York
The young nurse, out of sympathy, cares for the young baby of a poor Italian family. The
grandmother is suspicious of the hygienic methods of the nurse and communicates her thoughts
to the father of the child, who tells the nurse "If the baby dies I will kill you."
Released Monday, Jan. 20th
One, three and six-sheet posters
The Boomerang
The wealthy manufacturer of a harmful patent
medicine has no thought or feeling for the in-
jury his vile concoction does to the general pub-
lic, but wjien his own little daughter drinks some
of the medicine and almost dies from the efifects,
he awakens to a realization of his iniquity.
Released Wednesday, Jan. 22d.
One and Three-Sheet Posters.
One on Willie
Willie fixes father all right, but the girl will
not give her consent. Willie's attempt to force
matters and marry the girl anyway does not re-
sult satisfactorily.
On the Same Reel,
The 'Possum Hunt
Showing a real 'possum hunt in Florida, and
how the colored brother prepares a feast for his
family. Released Friday, Jan. 24th.
The Cub
Reporter's
Temptation
The new reporter does not seem to
make a hit with the editor, and his
stories are turned back to him, but a
turn in the tide enables him to make
a big scoop and win a fortune.
Released Saturday, Jan. 25th.
One and Three-Sheet Posters.
Kalem's three and six-sheet posters are making a big hit.
Do you use them?
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ADOLF ZUKOR TALKS OF FAMOUS
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ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 150
AMONG THE PICTURE THEATERS 163
BOARD OF CENSORSHIP FINANCIAL RE-
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CALAMITY ANNE'S INHERITANCE (Ameri-
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•DOVE IN THE EAGLE'S NEST, THE" by
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FEATURE FILMS.
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IMPORTERS AND DEALERS.
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FILM EXCHANGES.
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INDEX TO CONTENTS.
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 142
DUMB ELOQUENCE, by Louis Beeves Har-
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"DUTY AND THE MAN" (Reliance) 137
FACTS AND COMMENTS 132
FIRST MOTION PICTURES lit
FOREIGN TRADE NOTES 146
FOUR-FOOTED PHOTO-PLAYERS 162
IMPORTANCE OF DETAIL, THE by Robert
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INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 102
INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 204
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IN THE FIELD WITH HOTALING by E.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
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KLEINS 126
LUBIN 128
MELIES 215
PATHE FRERES 125
SELIG 207
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MAYOR GAYNOR ON CENSORSHIP by W.
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Facts and Comments
THERE are at this moment scattered through the
country many large theaters waiting for the right
sort of man to convert them into model moving
picture theaters. The steady losses of patronage in gal-
lery and balcony are responsible for this state of affairs.
Expenses exceed revenues, dark nights increase in num-
ber and the start is made for the bottom of the chute. Dark
nights are more fatal to the prosperity of a theater than
ever before in the history of amusements. The electric
theaters are open every night and their invitation is al-
ways present. From the dark theater to the theater with the
bright front is but a step and it comes much more natural
than the step back into the theater which was closed the
<iay or week before. The managers of such theaters,
often clever and experienced men in their own particular
lines, are afraid of motion pictures. They realize that
the motion picture is a new thing in amusements, that it
requires expert handling to make a commercial success
with it.
The stage is now set for the coming of the right man,
■who is no other than the alert, wide-awake, progressive
exhibitor. He has to begin often by breaking down the
prejudice of the owner or manager of the theater. To
their way of thinking "pictures" are still "pictures," some-
thing of an inferior nature; something that requires ex-
planations of an apologetic character. "What will our
patrons say to this radical change of policy?" is the ques-
tion often asked. Remembering, however, that the pa-
trons have been decreasing anyway, the management un-
der clever persuasion will let the exhibitor try the ex-
periment. It now depends almost entirely on the charac-
ter and the intelligence of the exhibitor whether the new
venture wijl bring the right solution of the problem or
whether "pictures" will be nothing more than another sta-
tion on the road to ruin. Given a large theater with a
seating capacity of a thousand and more, a good neigh-
borhood, whether residential or commercial in character,
there is no reason whatever why the exhibitor should fail
to make good.
THE Moving Picture World wishes to call attention
to a legislative measure about to be introduced in
the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania.
This measure provides that vaudeville exhibitions may be
given in any public place of amusement with a seating ca-
pacity of four hundred or over. Petitions are now being
circulated among the exhibitors of the Keystone State
favoring this bill. We earnestly hope that the exhibitors
will individually withhold their support and collectively
rise to condemn it. All kinds of rumors are afloat as to the
influences behind the bill, but whatever the influences
there can be no two opinions as to its effect on motion
picture houses. Pennsylvania has happily overcome the
blight of cheap vaudeville and we hope that no step back-
ward will be tolerated by the organized exhibitors. Cheap
vaudeville is the especial foe of the small exhibitor.
Cheap vaudeville in the past has been the source of ruin-
ous competition among the exhibitors in the smaller
communities. The legislature at Harrisburg should not
be left in doubt as to where the majority of exhibitors
stand on this question.
THE New York World in its last Sunday edition
prints a remarkable article recommending "accu-
racy and fair play" as the foundation stones of
modern journalism. Old New Yorkers with any sort of a
memory will be amused at this anything but charming
inconsistency between theory and practice. If, however,
the Pulitzer school of journalism is to inculcate accuracy
and fair play as the mottoes of future journalism we
would respectfully suggest that a beginning be made with
the motion picture. Day after day the paper mentioned
has sent out reporters apparently under instructions to
criticise, exaggerate and distort the moving picture situ-
ation in New York City. Not one good word was per-
mitted to find its way into the reports. Nothing was
heard but the sound of the hammer. Accuracy and Fair
Play were conspicuous by their absence. We are willing
to believe in the accuracy and fair play of the new jour-
nalism just as soon as we see some concrete samples of it.
The best people in the community are ready to come
into the right sort of motion picture theater. If the thea-
ter has always borne a good reputation, but has never
been used for moving pictures before it is just the right
kind of a theater to make an appeal to the most desirable
classes of the public. Here is a chance for a revision of
prices on the upward plan. No seat should cost less than
■lo cents and none more than 25. Features, orchestral mu-
sic, occasional lectures, plenty of scenic and educational
pictures will be the great assets of this kind of play-
house. This is no finespun theory; we have seen such a
plansucceed wonderfully well in practice. Lurid posters
outside and an ill-assorted crowd and bad ventilation in-
side \yill drive away just the class that will come to see
the pictures in a good house in clean and decent sur-
roundings. There are thousand opportunities — no less —
waiting for a thousand exhibitors.
THE moving picture still lacks a universal name. In
this country we do not seem to care particularly
for the word kinematograph, although that word
is fairly well acclimated in all the countries of Europe.
We stick to "motion" or "moving pictures." The word
"kinematograph" was, we believe, introduced and made
current in Europe by the Lumieres more than seventeen
years ago. Our English cousins took up the term, but did
not seem certain whether to say "cinematographic" or
"kinematographic." In the English and Australian pa-
pers the "c" and the "k" are used indiscriminately. This
is confusing and should be stopped. At the imminent
peril of "starting something" we want to point out that
the only proper way of spelling and pronouncing is "kinet-
ograph." The word is taken from the Greek, and in the
original language, ancient and modern, is spelled and
sounded with a k.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Dumb Eloquence
By Louis Reeves Harrison
133
WE often speak of the eloquence of tears or of
silent grief, and somewhat of their character
are mute manifestations on the screen, espe-
cially when portrayed by actors of high intelligence. One
reason so many picture-plays stay flat where they are
projected, and are thus of doubtful meaning to the audi-
ence, is that members of a studio company do not in-
variably realize that they are soon after to be face to
face with just about such people as they would meet in
daily intercourse throughout society.
I am not much of a believer in acting of the false-face
kind. It is nothing great for a child to depict what it is
not. Some of us are doing that from habit, playing a
part whether we hold nine high and deuce low of varied
suit or four aces pat, and all the world is our stage. We
become so accustomed to assuming roles according to the
people we meet that the difficulty is not to depart from
the normal but to show that we are really trying to live
up to our best ideals. The hardest thing for a man to do
is to set forth the best there is in himself.
As a student, as an observer of rehearsals in many
studios, any man of common sense would soon perceive
that one of the greatest mistakes made by actors is in
supposing expression of feeling to be a purely physical
manifestation, that there are twists of the face and move-
ments of the hands which will be accepted as depicting
this or that phase of mind. Anger, indignation, or any
of the affections may be shown in a hundred different
ways, according to the character of the individual. There
are no universal methods in exhibiting emotion. Each
man is a law unto himself.
Of all the misconceptions that become settled convic-
tions one of the most deplorable is that an actor must not
feel the sentiments he is helping to make visible. This
idea' is responsible for nearly all the artificiality that
mars stage performance. It makes little difference what
form of work a man may undertake, he will lower it if
his conceptions of what it should be are not high. The
whole tendency of stage experience is to belittle the dis-
crimination and intelligence of a mixed audience, with a
result that performers play down to the poorest element
for the applause of a few instead of up for general de-
light and for appreciation none the less high because
silent.
There is a great deal for thoughtful minds to correct
in moving pictures — the trend of criticism must be sug-
gestive or creative to be of definite value — and right
methods of acting seem as well worth discussion as other
factors of screen presentation. The trouble in offering
what is new in this art is the opposition the critic is sure
to encounter from those who cling to conventions — they
are not easily taught that what has been is not neces-
sarily a fact today, that truth is new rather than old.
We would never progress if some of us were not able to
discard tradition.
Some of the finest actresses who have appeared in
photodramas never had a day's training on the stage,
and they were selected for more than beauty alone — they
have personality. They have a certain amount of natural
intensity that is revealed in their portrayals. They con-
stitute an intervening medium between the author and
the audience through force of personality, without which
the original conception can rarely be made so manifest
as to be deeply impressive.
Personality is what counts. The actor who lacks it
will never impress an audience. And he may fail when
he has it from attempting to thrust it into prominence or
from a desire to repress its natural manifestation. He
must be himself. He must reveal his whole soul in action.
He cannot pound it into an audience, and any attempt to
do so will result in strained and artificial effect. If he
tries to give it delicate finish he will simply cover the
depth and intensity of his own nature. He must be him-
self. That is why children, dogs and horses do so well
in screen presentations. They are never anything else
than themselves.
One of the best comediennes in moving pictures is a
tomboy. She was rehearsing a Mrs. Youngwife part with
her hands in the dough when the leading man in dress-
suit teased her from the side. He was out of scope but
not out of range. She hurled a wad of dough at him
with such unerring aim that it hit him full in the face
and spread over his immaculate shirt front. This purely
spontaneous piece of business was incorporated in the
photoplay and was the hit of the piece, to be forever
after imitated, though it was purely spontaneous at the
time. The pure spontaneity of the young actress has
always constituted her greatest charm. She is, however,
the terror of directors.
One of the greatest faults of directors is exhibited in
not according actors of quality greater freedom in self-
revelation. Men and women of artistic instinct best ex-
press themselves when untrammelled by too many in-
structions. The pressure brought upon them from the
outside is liable to make them one-sided, too intense or too
repressed, all of which leads them astray if it does not
make them ridiculous. In directing a play I have never
gone further than giving a general idea of what was to be
done and timed entrances and exits. I leave the rest to
the performer, and he seems to know by instinct what is
to be put over.
Technique is, like health, a valuable thing to under-
stand in order that we may know what to avoid, but
health is spontaneous and so is good acting. Those who
study the subject closely come to know in time that it is
through the earnestness of a man and the depths of his
sure convictions that we reach contact with his soul.
That is why we often like men who oppose our views, or
even favor them over those who pat us on the back — it
is in us to admire and appreciate sincerity.
We love Raphael better than those who copy him.
His dumb eloquence was that of a great soul. We love
Duse better than those who try to imitate her for the
same reason. The mute eloquence of the faithful dog
lying beside his dead master more surely reaches our
hearts than all the ranting and strutting in the world.
The eloquence of the picture is that of a true heart.
Even a critic who knows what he is talking about and
says what he means may pass through twenty studios
and emerge without a scar, though there is nothing par-
ticularly dumb about his eloquence — damn him.
The author's story is the revelation of one soul in its
struggle among others, and the interpretation is not a
mere matter of stage "business." The intervention of
the actor is a matter of interpretative art. He must under-
stand what he is to tell or he will give false testimony.
Wherever there is a demonstration of truth involved it
must be traced back to its birth and run free from its
source to its destination if it is to be clean and unclouded.
134
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Mayor Gaynor on Censorship
By W. Stephen Bush
WITH the instinct of a statesman and a true friend
of the people Mayor Gaynor has on every occa-
sion evinced great interest and regard for the
motion picture. When at times a particularly fierce
chorus of denunciation against the moving picture re-
sounded through the press and the City Hall demanding
of the mayor that he do something at once, the latter
would calmly refuse to be impressed by mere noise,
though that noise often proceeded from eminently re-
spectable sources. His answer to the floods of indis-
criminate abuse of the motion picture was the framing of
a practical plan of regulation and improvement. This
plan was embodied in an ordinance and introduced in
the Board of Aldermen by Alderman Folks. When this
ordinance came up for passage it was saddled with a
"rider" in the shape of a censorship clause.
In arranging a public hearing on the ordinance and
stating in the plainest fashion possible the legal impos-
sibility of any official censorship whatever, Mayor Gay-
nor has rendered an inestimable service to the cause of
cinematography. In our opinion his stand in the matter,
as indicated by his remarks at the hearing, is the longest
step toward the full and final enfranchisement of the
motion picture. In seeking for just grounds for a veto
of the censorship clause the Mayor need not have looked
beyond the manifest absurdity of the Board of Alder-
men trying to confer any kind of special authority on
the Board of Education. Happily for every friend of
the motion picture the Mayor chose the broader topic of
censorship for the main theme of the public hearing.
What he said in the course of the hearing will be re-
peated from one end of the country to the other, and
we hope that every exhibitor and every organization of
exhibitors will stow away his words as the best of argu-
ments in their arsenals. It must be borne in mind that
Mayor Gaynor is one of the foremost American jurists
of his time. It was the sheer weight of his knowledge,
ability and integrity which, without any political assist-
ance whatever, caused his elevation to the appellate
bench. He is justly regarded as one of the greatest
constitutional experts now living.
Assembled at the hearing before the Mayor were the
Rev. J. Lewis Hartsock, President of the Methodist
Ministers' Association for New York City; George R.
Brennan, representing the Brooklyn Young Republican
Club; Gilbert H. Montague, representing the Women's
Municipal League; Dr. Walter Laidlaw, Secretary of
the Federation of Churches, and the Rev. Charles
H. Gilbert, of the Social Service Committee of the
Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New
York ; Edward P. Lyons, of the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A.,
and Joseph M. Price, of the Recreation Alliance and
the Citizens Union. All the men and societies men-
tioned were, with the exception of the last two, in
favor of the censorship clause. Ex-District Attorney
Eugene A. Philbin read a letter from Cardinal Farley,
in which the prelate said it was his belief that "the cen-
sorship is needed . to check a serious menace to the
morals of the young."
Like most well-meaning people, thoroughly absorbed
, in their own pet amendments to the universal scheme
of things, these advocates of Aldermen-made cen-
sorship calmly and innocently ignored the organic
law of the country. They had given so much time to
working out the pretty details of their censorial systems
that they had no leisure left for a perusal of the con-
stitution of the State of New York. We are told by the
reporters that speaker after speaker was asked by the
Mayor what he thought about the constitutionality of the
censorship plan, but there was no reply given except
such as may be found in complete silence. Some of the
speakers no doubt were bored by the Mayor's persistence
and secretly wondered what in the name of Reform the
constitution had to do with the question anyway. Final-
ly the Mayor sent for a copy of the old instrument, and
sure enough he found a passage there which seemed very
germane to the question of censorship. "No law," His
Honor read to the astounded shouters for official censor-
ship, "shall be passed to restrain or. abridge the liberty
of speech or of the press."
Before the relationship between the constitution and
their censorship enterprises had had time to percolate,
the Mayor had this to say to the amateur statesmen :
An attempt to censor the press has never been made in
this State before. Our founders did away with the censor-
ship because it had been abused so much. They did not per-
mit the censoring of religion. As the representatives of the
various denominations have come before me to-daj', I have
thought that each one of you has been under a censor at
some time or other. That's the spirit in which I approached
this. If this ordinance is legal here it may be equallj' applica-
ble to the press if the Aldermen choose to pass it.
Therein lies the crux of the whole question. If the
press and speech are free, by what manner of logic is
liberty to be denied to the motion picture? For years
The Moving Picture World has urged and advocated
the legal enfranchisement of the motion picture. In our
issue of August 12, 1911, we had this to say about the
legal rights of the motion picture as compared with the
newspaper:
The discrimination of the law between the moving picture
exhibitor and the newspaper is an absolute injustice. Any
man, as our laws stand today, with enough money to buy the
needful type and hire the needful help can publish a news-
paper and there is no censorship, no license, no attempt of
control by the State. He may devote the columns of his
paper both in print or picture to the delineation of crime and
the description of moral cesspools and the invasion of
privacy and no one may call him to account except through
long and wearisome proceedings at law. It is urged that the
freedom of the press is "the bulwark of our liberties." Then
why not extend this same liberty to the moving picture,
which pursues in a more effective manner precisely those ob-
jects, for which the press is assumed to work; enlighten-
ment, education, amusement and information? Every man
according to the constitution is free to write and publish what
he chooses, being responsible for the abuse of such freedom
only. Why assume that the newspaper publisher, who works
with types, is far less likely to abuse his privilege than the
moving picture exhibitor, who works with moving pictures?
It will be observed that the Mayor's opinion coincides
almost literally with the views we expressed more than
a year ago.
Do we mean to say there should be no censorship or
regulation of any kind? Not at all. The manufacturers
and exhibitors of moving pictures are even now respon-
sible under the law of libel for any injury they may do
to individuals. A verdict of punitive damages has but
recently been given to a man who complained that his
privacy has been invaded and his name and picture had
been used without authority by a producer of moving
pictures. The manufacturer and exhibitor responsible
for the making and showing of immoral, criininal and
obscene pictures can be dealt with by the police author-
ities under laws now on the statute book. We need no
legislative and official censorship of any kind. What
we do need is just what we have: a civic body, fairly
representative in its composition of the best sentiment in
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the community, deriving its jurisdiction from the con-
sent of the manufacturers, who voluntarily submit their
productions for examination and approval. In other
words, there can be no censorship except the kind exer-
cised by public sentiment. When it is time for the
police to act, the film is beneath censorship, and is sup-
pressed just as any other nuisance is abated by the
police. The police, as we have pointed out, are scav-
engers, not censors. They do not "censor" a burglar,
but immediately convey him to jail.
The best and decisive influences for the right kind of
censorship must come from within the ranks of the dif-
ferent groups of manufacturers themselves. High stand-
ards of ethics and criticism in the motion picture jour-
nals constitute another important factor working for
real and effective censorship. We view with honest
suspicion any censorial propositions fathered by such
virtuous and eminent statesmen as Alderman Dowling
and other able exponents of Tammany ethics.
Mayor Gaynor's Veto
Text of His Honor's Letter to the Board of Aldermen on
the Picture Ordinance.
THE Folks ordinance, which had been amended
just prior to its passage by the New York
Board of Aldermen by the addition of a cen-
sorship provision, tacked on and accepted by the Tam-
many and Fusion Aldermen at the last moment, was
vetoed by Mayor W. J. Gaynor in a letter made public
on Tuesday. Mayor Gaynor sends the entire ordinance
back to the Aldermen with the suggestion that the origi-
nal ordinance prepared by a committee appointed by
him and without the censorship provision be again con-
sidered by the Aldermen and passed in that shape.
Mayor Gaynor writes one of his characteristic letters
and gives lots of information to the Aldermen about
censorship, saying that it is an evidence of a tendency
backwards and says that the enforcement of such a
provision would lead to endless confusion and would
entail the liberties of a free press and free speech.
It was said at the City Hall today that the Aldermen
could not command enough votes to pass the ordinance
over the mayor's veto and at the present writing it looks
as if censorship by the city officials is a dead letter.
We give the entire correspondence in regard to the sub-
ject:
CITY OF NEW YORK.
Office of the Mayor.
December 27, 1912.
To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen — I return disapproved the proposed ordinance,
No. 89, entitled:
"An ORDINANCE relative to motion picture theaters."
I am constrained to do this because of the provisions
therein creating a censorship. It is provided that the Board
of Education shall appoint one or more censors to examine
all motion pictures in advance and determine whether they
shall be exhibited or not.
It has hitherto been the understanding in this country that
no censorship can be established by law to decide in ad-
vance what may or may not be lawfully printed or published.
Ours is a government of free speech and a free press. That
is the cornerstone of free government. The phrase "the
press" includes all methods of expression by writing or pic-
tures. In past ages there were censorships to decide what
might be published, or even believed. Every Christian de-
nomination has at one time or another been subjected to such
censorship. The few were very anxious not to give freedom
of speech or of the press. They thought the many were not
fit for it. They therefore set themselves up as censors and
guardians over the bulk of their fellow men. The center of
thought was then among the few, and they were very anxious
to keep it there. But in the course of time, in spite of all
opposition, the center of thought began to pass from the
few to the many, where it is today. It was then that censor-
ships, and all interference with freedom of speech, of the press
and of opinion, began to give way by degrees, until in the
end all of them, at all events, eventually were abolished.
And that is now substantially true under all free govern-
ments throughout the world.
In our fundamental instruments of government in this
country, which we call constitution, we expressly guaranteed
from the beginning free speech and a free press, and pro-
hibited the passing of any law abridging the same. The
provision in the constitution of this state on that subject,
which is substantially the same as the like provision in the
constitution of the United States, and also of the states gen-
erally, is as follows:
"Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his
sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse
of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge
the liberty of speech or of the press."
So universal has been the opinion that these constitutional
provisions abolished all censorship of the press, and forbade
them in the future, that I have been able to find only one at-
tempt in this country to set up such a censorship before
this one of yours. Our constitutional provision plainly is
that publications whether oral, or printed, or by writing, or
by pictures, shall not be restrained in advance, but that every
one shall be free to speak or publisli what he sees fit, subject
to being prosecuted afterwards for libel, immorality, obscen-
ity or indecency therefor. There seem to be a few among
us who wish Us to retrace our steps, and resort to censor-
ships again in advance of publication, and make it a crime
to publish anything not permitted in advance by the censor.
Do they know what they are doing? Do they know anything
of the history and literature of the subject? Do they know
that the censorships of past ages did immeasurably more
harm than good? Do they ever stop to think that such cen-
sorships now would do even more harm than they did in
past ages, in comparison with what little good they might
possibly do? I do not believe the people of this country are
ready to permit any censor to decide in advance what may
be published for them to read, or what picture's may be ex-
hibited to them. Our laws forbid the publication of any
libelous, obscene, indecent, immoral or impure literature or
reading matter. Is not that enough? If anyone does this
he commits a criminal offense and may be punished therefor.
If this ordinance be legal, then a similar ordinance in re-
spect of the newspapers and the theaters generally would be
legal. Are you of opinion that you have any such power as
that? If so, you should probably begin with the newspapers
and the so-called high class theaters. Once revive the cen-
sorship and there is no telling how far we may carry it.
These moving picture shows are attended by the great bulk
of the people, many of whom cannot afford to pay the prices
charged by the theaters. They are a solace and an educa-
tion to them. Why are we singling out these people as sub-
jects necessary to be protected by a censorship? Are they
any more in need of protection by censorship than the rest
of the community? That was once the view which prevailed
in government, and there are some among us, ignorant of
or untaught by past ages, who are of that view now. Are
they better than the rest of us, or worse?
When I became Mayor the denunciation of these moving
picture shows by a few people was at its highest. They de-
clared them schools of immorality. They said indecent and
immoral pictures were being shown there. I personally knew
that was not so. But I had an official examination made of
all the moving picture shows in this city. The result was
actual proof and an official report that there were no obscene
or immoral pictures shown in these places. And that is the
truth now. Wherefore then is all this zeal for censorship
over these places?
The truth is that the good, moral people who go to these
moving picture shows, and very often bring their childgpn
with them, would not tolerate the exhibition of obscene or
immoral pictures there. A place in which such pictures were
exhibited would soon be without sufficient patrons to sup-
port it. At all events, the criminal law is ample to prevent
the exhibition of such pictures. I have asked these people
who are crying out against the moving picture shows to give
us an instance of an obscene or immoral picture being shown
in them, so that the exhibitor may be prosecuted, but they
have been unable to do so. What they insist on is to have
the pictures examined in advance, and allowed or prohibited.
That is what they are still doing in Russia with pictures and
with reading matter generally. Do they really want us to
recur to that system?
Perhaps I should say I understand that comparatively few
of your honorable body are in favor of the censorship. Many
of you voted for the whole ordinance in the belief that the
Mayor has the right to veto the censorship provisions and
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let the rest of the ordinance stand. But I find that the Mayor
may not do that. The censorship provisions are not inde-
pendent of the rest of the ordinance, but interdependent and
so connected therewith that the whole ordinance must stand
or fall as a whole.
I trust you will pass the ordinance which the commission
prepared. It safeguards these most important and whole-
Some places of amusement physically and morally.
Respectfully,
W. J. GAYNOR,
Mayor.
CITY OF NEW YORK.
Office of the Mayor.
December 27, 1912.
To the Honorable, the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen — I am returning proposed ordinances No. 67
and No. 68, the one with regard to the fees for moving pic-
ture shows, and the other classifying such shows, so that
they can be taken up again and passed with the new ordi-
nance for moving picture shows as a whole, which I trust
will be done as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
W. J. GAYNOR,
Mayor.
Adolf Zukor Talks of Famous Players.
By George Blaisdell.
IT used to be said that of the making of books there was
no end. Now it may be said in all truth that of the
making of motion pictures there is no end. There is
one fact standing out in a survey of the film industry — a fact
patent to those who follow pictures day in and day out — and
this is that, so far as the public is concerned, there is today
as much room for new producing companies, good ones, as
there has been at any time. The entrance into the field of
a well-equipped organization gives matter for congratulation
on the part of picturegoers. The effect is cumulative. Not
only will it add to existing programs; it will stimulate the
manufacturers already in the field — serve as a tonic, if you
will, so that there will be steady effort on the part of am-
bitious men to keep at the head of the procession.
The Moving Picture World learns through Adolf Zukor,
the president of the Famous Players' Film Company, that
this organization intends materially to extend its field of
activities. Much has been printed as to the stage stars
who will appear on the screen under its brand — James O'Neill
and James K. Hackett, whose best works have already
been reduced to film; William Faversham and Julie Opp, the
next on the list, who will produce the success in which they
are now starring, "Julius Caesar"; Minnie Maddern Fiske,
Viola Allen, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Henry E. Dixie, Weber &
Fields and Lillian Langtry. As the work of adequately
putting on these productions involves so much detail and
care, it is intended to devote sixty days to each. In arrang-
ing for the marketing of these plays -there has been built
up a machine which it is found can with advantage handle
other productions. Confronted with requests from its agents
for more pictures, the Famous Players Company has decided
on the formation of two stock companies, the principals to
be taken from the legitimate stage. The first of these is so
well under way that already four women and five men well
known to playgoers have been engaged. The companies
will work independently. It is expected that the entire casts
will be announced by the middle of January. Each com-
pany will produce one play a month. Probably a majority
of these will be in two reels, although it is intended to make
single reels as well.
Daniel Frohman has become enamored of moving pic-
ture work. His experience with Edwin S. Porter in making
"The Prisoner of Zenda" was his first in the silent drama,
but he liked it so well that hereafter he will give much of
his time to it, collaborating with Mr. Porter in future pro-
ductions. Mr. Hackett's drama, by the way, will be released
on January 25. With the exception of one or two scenes
which require a visit South in order to obtain suitable tem-
perature of the water everything is finished and Mr.
Hackett's company has resumed its tour. The booking of
the film is practically completed.
"We have disposed of the 'Sarah Bernhardt' pictures to
states rights buyers," said Mr. Zukor. "We have sounded
all of these men as to the possibilities of our future pro-
ductions, and they agree to take all they can get of them.
We have placed no restrictions as to the price to be charged
to see these pictures, even though they aie elaborate and
expensive. Our aim is to have them within reach of the
people who cannot afford to pay more than ten cents. I
don't agree with the men who say we should charge 50 cents
and a dollar for big productions. We believe that we are
doing a sort of missionary work for the higher art — that we
are aiding in the cultivation of a taste for better things.
While of course we feel that our productions would com-
mand higher prices we want to encourage people to go to
them. It may not be to our financial advantage at the be-
ginning, but in the end it will undoubtedly."
Referring to the fact that Mr. Faversham and Miss Opp
will be pictured in a play in which they are now starring,
Mr. Zukor was asked if there was any feeling on the part
of stars that the exhibition on the screen contemporaneous
with a stage presentation would in any measure militate
against the financial success of the latter. "In the beginning,"
Mr. Zukor replied, "when we first broached the question to
the different stars, they were more or less afraid of it. When
they learned the elaborate manner in which we are going
to stage their productions their attitude changed. They saw
that it would be to their advantage, that it would arouse
popular interest not only in their productions but in their
personalities as well."
Mr. Zukor emphasized the point that the Famous Players
Company is building on a permanent basis. "We realize,"
he said, "that we are undertaking something that many
manufacturers have tried to do or thought of doing, but for-
tunately we are so situated that we can carry out our plans.
We aim to impress educated people, and feel that we are
going to succeed."
Mr. Zukor said that one of the objects sought by the direc-
tor of the Famous Players is the elimination of sub-titles or at
least the reduction of the number. "We are trying to let the
story tell itself so far aS possible," said he; "to do this we
are introducing more scenes and connecting links."
Brander Matthews, of Columbia College, has made an offer
to the Famous Players Company to preserve in his private
collection a copy of every film made by the company and to
make suitable provision for, the conveyance of these at his
death to some organization which will guarantee their care.
The offer has been accepted absolutely. That this fact will
be the strongest inducement to all the players of the Ameri-
can stage to impel them to consent to portraying their work
for the screen needs no saying. James O'Neill was so pleased
with "Monte Cristo" that he has decided to present a copy
of the film to one of the clubs with which he is connected.
A bit of news of deep interest to all picturegoers, and sig-
nificant as indicating the steady progression of moving pic-
tures, was contained in the announcement of Mr. Zukor that
his company is now negotiating with several well-known
authors for original scenarios. He is not quite ready to
reveal their identity, but will be shortly. These stories will
be produced by the stock companies now forming.
BOARD OF CENSORSHIP FINANCIAL REPORT.
The National Board of Censorship has issued a statement of
its receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber I, 191 1, and ending October i, 1912, in which the following
items appear:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand October i, 191 1 $ 461.10
Received from the People's Institute 7,200.00
Received from other sources 4S.8o
Received from N. Y. Telephone Rebate 11.21
$7,718.11
EXPENDITURES.
Rent $ 390.00
Printing 272.18
Telephone and Telegraph 175-75
Postage 266.00
Traveling Expenses for Speakers to Con-
ferences 130.24
Paid to People's Institute for Secretarial
Services 1,300.00
Salaries :
Walter Storey, General Secretary 2,080.00
W. D. McGuire, Jr., Asst. Secretary 1,470.00
Fritz Krog, Asst. Secretary, Sept., igi2 48.00
Stenographers 896.00
Office Assistants, Filing, Indexing, etc 142.75
Miscellaneous — Typewriter rental, stationery,
press clippings, office supplies, special
exhibits, etc 271.21
$7,442.13
Balance on hand October I, 1912 275.9S
$7,718.11
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•'Duty and the Man.'.
A Two-Part Melodramatic Subject by Reliance.
THIS substantial, well-made melodrama, in two reels, is
worthy of attention. The cleverness with which, at its
climax, the heroine finds a way out of her difficulties by a
means unexpected and novel gives it much freshness. It is one of
those convincing improbabilities and shows that the scenario '
writer has mastered the art of effect planning, for as shown it
is not only plausible but seems, while we are watching, the
natural and inevitable solution of the heroine's problem as she
finds it. Such incidents add doubly to the final impression
of a picture, because they not only enchance the heroine's char-
acter, showing her as a competent woman which appeals to
our admiration and deepens our interest in her, but the inci-
dent itself, not thought of by us before, gives us something
of a new sensation.
The situation is new, although Philip Steel, a character we
have seen before in Reliance pictures of the North Woods,
appears in it. The place is near the border between the States
and Canada, and the story deals with three men and a woman.
One of these men, an old-time magnanimous lover of the girl,
is placed in an official position as the head of police, and, as
■the story, in which the woman who has married the young
All this the man in the box sees and overhears. She is in
danger again and he strains at his bonds hoping to free himself
and come to her assistance, but the cords are too strong. Hodges
is surprised at finding the woman in the strange mood. It
exasperates him to hear her make new accusations against him
after she has put herself in his power by coming alone to his
house. That she again indignantly repels his embraces works
him up to a fury. As he wrestles with her, she tries to get the
gun from the holster at his side and does manage to draw it
out, but at once he catches it from her. In the tussle it goes
off and he is killed by a bullet tlirough the heart. Jess is almost
overcome with horror at what has happened and for a moment
stands dumfounded, then remembering that the nearest help
is the man in the box, rushes toward it. We see her face, wild
eyed from terror coming toward the hole through we are looking,
a hole left so that the deputy might see all that transpired.
The action that the now released deputy takes is dictated to
him by his own conscience. He has found the leaf torn out of
the album of Jess, the one on which MacGregor had written,
"Follow your conscience, both God and man will reward you
for it in the end." The death of Hodges has complicated the
case and he sees that the quickest, if not the best way out of
the difficulty, is to help Jim and his wife out of the Dominion
into the States where, after he has given his evidence, they
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quarryman (Jim) is hounded by her husband's rich employer
(Hodges) develops he acts as the power for good and is the
indirect means of bringing the happy ending.
At Jess's wedding to Jim, MacGregor, the police official,
writes this in her album : "Follow your conscience, both God
and man will reward you in the end." And the paper on
which this sentiment is written plays an important part in the
outcome. Not the whole story of Hodges' pursuit of Jess
is pictured at the time it happens We see that he gives Jim
a job in the big stone works owned by him, and we see that
Jess -repels advances he makes to her. Jim comes home one
evening and finds her struggling in Hodges' arms. There's a
fight and Hodges is shot through the arm. He accuses Jim
of an attempt to kill him and, in spite of the wife's plea, Jim
is taken into custody by the local authorities. Jess pleads with
MacGregor to release Jim, but this being unlawful, the inspector
sends Philip Steel to investigate the case.
The second reel is taken up mostly with the carrying out of the
woman's brilliant idea for convincing the deputy of her husband's
innocence. She and her friends, of whom there are many, tie
this deputy up, gag him and close him in a big box with the
intention of compelling him to overhear Hodges "give himself
away." The box is taken to Hodges' home. The woman follows.
The conversation that she and Hodges have, pictures (in double
exposure scenes) all that has transpired between her and the
man. He thinks the box that has been brought in contains books
and is entirely unsuspicious of any trap and entirely uncon-
strained in his brazen admission of many things that it would
have been wiser for him to have locked in his own heart. He
not unnaturally thinks that the woman has come to him, now
that her husband is in jail, perhaps to buy him off by a reluctant
submission to his will. She again accuses him of the brutal ad-
vances of which he has been guilty, and he retaliates by
renewing them.
will be safe from molestation. But it takes a subterfuge to free
Jim who is being held by the local authorities. Without letting
any one know what his intentions are, he comes to the jail and,
as an unknown masked sympathizer, holds up the officer on
guard there, who is then bound and made to take Jim's place
in the cell. Jim is given a horse, directed to get Jess and
hurry to the railroad station. Later the deputy appears,
seems surprised to find that the prisoner has escaped, and
himself takes up the chase which of course is fruitless.
That in the story there is much that is improbable can not be
denied, but the producer, Oscar Apfel; has conducted his story
so smoothly that we see it through a veil of plausibility that
leads us, while it is being- enacted, into a symathetic frame
of mind that makes us uncritical and keeps us in suspense while
the pretty heroine's fates are still in the balance. Gertrude
Robinson takes the role of Jess and fills it with all her well-
known distinction. Her beauty and the sympathetic way in
which she sets forth the characters she takes, adds much to
this and has added much to many another picture. Her qualities
make her one of the very best actresses in romantic roles to
be found in picturedom. James Ashley, as Hodges, has the
second most important role, the villain, and provides plenty
of good contrast by skillful acting. Charles Elliot as Jim, the
husband, has a part that doesn't call for any very imaginative
work, but acts naturally and smoothly, doing his part with the
rest to make the offering effective. Irving Cummings, who
plays the deputy skillfully, is well-known. He has taken many
roles and is noticable for the marked improvement over his
work of two years ago. He has lost his self-consciousness
and is now a natural and competent actor. George Seitmann
plays the inspector of police. His role dropped out of the
picture after the first few scenes and gave him little chance,
but he is acceptable and should not be overlooked as an
important adjunct to the picture.
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Two Fine Edison Themes
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
IT is rather remarkable that two photodramas based on
ground for intellectual action and handled in such a
masterly manner that they represent the very latest
ideas of double exposure should lack in anything, but there
is a common fault in "The Man He Might Have Been" and
"The Dancer" which is, for that matter, characteristic of
nine plays out of ten shown on the screen — the requisite
tension is lacking. It is partially covered in these two
releases by superb quality of production, the delightful
presentation of the subject matter compensating heavily for
the absence of suspense in the stories.
"The Man He Might Have Been" leaves the barren ground
of cohvention and ventures diffidently into a beautiful field
of thought — one which will bear treatment in the largest
I have seen in a long time. The story is that of a boy who
exhibits a special capacity at school and longs to continue
the study of what best suits him — the only way to success.
He is taken out in the midst of progress by a practical
father, who can see no further than he has gone. He imposes
his own limit on his child.
This act proves to be a deflecting agent in the boy's career.
He follows the road of drudgery and distasteful employ-
ment until it becomes a down-hill path of decadence, though
he stops at times to dream of what might have been if he
had been given the "bread of the soul" for which he hun-
gered. His thoughts are most delicately portrayed in pic-
tures gradually superimposed, his natural trend being thus
contrasted with the power of faultv environment. The
motive is to be highly commended, indicating, as it does,
that education is one of the truest sources of happiness
known to the human race.
Rather less modern in theme is "The Dancer," but again
Director Miller has excelled himself, and this time he has
given us a gem that will set many experts thinking. Its
beauty is so startling, the surprise is so sweet to the eye,
that he must be complimented on the originality as well as
the development of the conception, unless I have wrongly
credited the creative part. But to describe it I will have
to tell the story from which it is very naturally evolved.
The play deals with a prejudice that is fast fading away,
if, indeed, it exists out of narrow communities — the hj'po-
critical antagonism to dancing. Everybody danced several
years ago, when I was a mere kid, and everybody's doing
it now, even the children in the parks and public schools.
A mother objects to the tendency exhibited in her daugh-
ter's conduct — the latter is a natural dancer, delighting in
the poetry of motion — and puts the girl to work in a braid
mill. She has, however, drawn the attention of a dancing
master, and he finds her at work at the whirling loom.
Scene from "The Man He Might Have Been" (Edison).
sort of way. The greatest of modern writers are reaching
some unexpected conclusions on the relation of remarkable
men to the educational resources of the locality in which
they were brought up, arriving at their new views by ex-
haustive investigations and careful elimination of false theo-
ries based on limited knowledge of the subject, and these
conclusions are not so surprising to the plain, ordinary man
as to some of the most brilliant scientists of a few years ago.
Francis Galton, best known from his studies of heredity,
and Paul Jacoby, French authority on the same subject,
contended that education played no appreciable part in the
making of great men; Lombroso entertained the same view,
and a long list of eminent writers held irreconcilably to the
pre-efficient idea, but the data they gathered is now being
used to contradict their own arguments. The surprising
part to the layman now is that authors of such rank, who
were devoting their lives to the study of the genesis of
genius, should be so unanimous in rejecting education as
any considerable factor in the making of a great man.
The tremendous role that education plays in the career
of every man has long been a matter of common apprecia-
tion among Americans, and the whole country is now in
the throes of devising superior methods of teaching on the
sensible ground that the human brain is merely soil, rich
or poor, and knowledge the seed to be planted there to
grow according to the nourishment it receives if permitted
bj' the uncontrollable power of circumstances. To the sup-
port of this thesis come De Candolle, Alfred Odin, August
Weisman and a long line of brilliant writers who are men
of the hour.
Joseph Mazzini, in his address to workingmen, summed
up in forcible words what many of us are convinced is true:
"Education is the bread of the soul. Without it you can
not acquire a knowledge of your rights and you can not
even choose between good and evil — you can not arrive at
a definite comprehension of your own mission. Without it
all your faculties lie dormant and unfruitful, even as the vital
power lies sterile in the seed cast upon untilled soil." Such
is the theme treated in the first named Edison release.
Development on the part of the playwright is very inade-
quate. It is made interesting by some of the most exquisite
work in double exposure — to the credit of Director Miller —
Scene from "The Dancer" (Edison).
The girl, like the boy in the other play, turns her mind .
to what she loves, and we are afforded an exquisite view
of the trend of her thoughts. The whirling loom on which
her attention has been concentrated gradually dissolves and
is as gradually replaced in exact proportion, form and situa-
tion by a whirling bevy of little girls dancing around a
May-pole decorated with flowers and ribbons. The girl
stands entranced by the mental picture until it gradually
fades away and is replaced by the instrument of her daily
torture.
The dancing master succeeds in removing the girl from
unattractive labor by patient and tolerant methods, including
the enlightenment of her bigoted mother; trains her for pro-
fessional life on the stage and demonstr.ites that there_ is
such a thing as fitness to be considered in the preparation
of children for their future careers. The girl is healthier,
happier and more productive as a wage-earner when occu-
pied with an employment for which she was especially
equipped by Nature, and which was indicated from the
time she was a child. Both themes are worthy of high
approval and also of such treatment as would enslave inter-
est from start to finish.
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139
In the Field With Hotaling
Lubin Jacksonville Company Winters in a Boat Club House
on the Banks of the St. John's.
REGULAR STUDIO," was the' way Arthur D. Hotaling
described the quarters he had engaged for the winter
A
E. W. Sargent, Enjoy-
ing a Siesta,
in Jacksonville, and "regular"' studio it is.
This is the second year that the "Boy Director" of the Lubin
comedy section has wintered in Jacksonville
and he has been e.xceptionately fortunate in
his location this year. Each winter the
presence of static electricity above the frost
line drives the companies south. Some of
them work entirely in e.xterior scenes,
changing the scripts to throw the action out
of doors. Others fake scenery with wall pa-
per and wood trim, but few of the gypsy
troupers work with much equipment. Three
years ago Mr. Hotaling worked south an
entire winter with not a stick of scenery
and he even made a western mining scene
on the seashore because there were no
streams in the vicinity. A "brook" was
dug in the beach and dressed with stones
and brush hauled from above the shore line
and no one save those in the company were
any the wiser until the travelers returned
and the brook was told of as a good joke.
Last season some scenery was carried,
but not much, and a house was engaged
ne.xt a vacant lot where the public hung over the fence and greatly
enjoyed the free performance. This year when Mr. Hotaling
walked in on Frank Montgomery, that model exhibitor hailed
him with the good news that a real location could be had. A boat
club in the fashionable Riverside district had given up the ghost.
Their house had been turned into a chapel with no great success
and Mr. Montgomery was considering pictures in the structure
when Mr. Hotaling
walked in and changed
the plans. The result is
the best outdoor studio
this side of Los Angeles
and a comfort such as
few traveling companies
enjoy.
The house fronts on
Riverside Avenue, run-
ning down to the St.
John's river with a pri-
vate dock right on the
lot. The house is about
forty feet wide by sixty
deep with a porch in front and one at the rear. On either side of
the entrance is a comfortable private office and then one passes
into a huge room forty by fifty and thirty feet high.
On either side, nearest the entrance are
the property and costume rooms and beyond
the dressing and dark rooms. In the wide
central space large properties and trunks are
stored and the entire place is lighted by
electricity, though there is no electric studio.
One side of the back porch is used for a
scene dock and two small outhouses are used
for storage when needed, though their
greater use is to tack snake skins against.
By ne.xt spring the entire comedy section will
be fitted out with snake skin slippers, for
snakes are by no means unknown on the lot
and are still more plentiful close to hand. ti
The stage is in the open, a bare board plat-
form with a light sun screen. In .December days the men of the
company spend half their otherwise spare time in working this
screen since the sun alternately shines and clouds over with the
regularity of an inter-
_. mittent alarm clock try-
ing to rouse its owner
on the morning of the
day after. Now and
then, by way of variety,
a thundershower comes
up with trooical sudden-
n e s s and everybody
grabs something and
scoots for the shelter of
the house. Statistics thus
far go to show that they
Outdoor studio stage. have had two daylight
Natives Watching a Picture.
Miss Julia Calhoun.
&*
thunder showers that have not happened
while a scene was up, but they are getting
used to storms now and the soft sunlight
filtered through the screen gives a photo-
graphic value that no electric studio can
afford.
There is plenty of space beyond the stage
for grass scenes with the river and the dock
beyond. Standing on the latter the photog-
rapher can "shoot" downstream and get
the city, or upstream and get a charming
vista of handsome residences. The hand-
somest homes in Jacksonville are within the
radius of a mile from the studio and beyond
may be had characteristic woods and stream
while a small but beautifully kept park is
but three blocks away.
The yard is fenced in so that the com-
pany can work in quiet though there are
several benches that generally are occupied
by visitors, for the Lubin Company has made many friends, but
a majority of the scenes are made outside the studio to the great
delight of the small black boys who replace the delivery wagons
of the north. Every grocer, butcher and baker maintains from
two to twelve delivery boys eacli with a bicycle in the last stages
of repair, and these pedal about the well paved streets with bas-
kets on the handle bars. At best they are slow and lazy, but
days wlien the "Lubiners" are out housekeepers get supplies only
after the company has returned to the studio. Sometimes fifteen
or twenty delivery boys form part of the audience, not counting
the children on foot.
Breaking loose from tradition, the Hotaling company is not
housed under one roof, but is divided among the apartment
houses in the vicinity of the studio. Their home life is a thing
entirely apart from the studio and the scheme works far better
than where the players are together all their waking hours.
In the evening the Grand theater, the leading Montgomery
house, is the centre of attraction for the men. Stand iji front
of the Grand between
seven and nine and you
are pretty certain to run
into most of the company
coming to see the pictures
or stopping for a cliat.
Mr. Hotaling's personal
car has its own standing
place in front of the thea-
ter along with Mr. Mont-
gomery's and together
they have fine hunting in
tlieir little comedy sketch
entitled "Want to earn
two dollars?" .
It is worked with all sorts of variations, but the essence is the
waylaying of some cuUud gentleman and asking him if he wants
to earn two dollars for an hour's work. Very naturally he does,
but he grows suspicious when he is told to
see a certain physician. Sometimes the dis-
cussion is terminated right there by the
abrupt departure of the darkey with the em-
phatic statement that he does not desire to
earn the money of any physician, but gen-
erally they last through the added fact that
they must drive a horse and that if they will
see the doctor at midnight he will provide a
horse and a flash lamp with which to find
"them." It is a brave darkey indeed who lasts
to the point where it is explained that he is
■*™ supposed to drive back from the cemetery
I studio. with three corpses on the back seat and hold-
ing in a fourth on the seat beside him. The
coup de grace is the casual question as to whether one of the de-
funct passengers died of yellow fever or small pox. Out of about
five thousand negroes approached in the last two years but four
of them have held out to -
the end, to be rewarded
with a coin. The expres-
sion on the black faces
as the idea gradually
dawns upon them and
their eff^orts to back
gracefully out of the
situation without betray-
ing their fears are ex-
cruciatingly funny.
When the company ar-
rived in Jacksonville this
winter the city was un- Cameraman at 'Work,
Mr. Hotaling
and Miss Hotely Discussing
a Scene.
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der martial law on account of the car strike and street work
was forbidden because of the likelihood of attracting crowds
that might prove unmanageable. Before the militia was recalled
Mr. Hotaling got a fine military comedy with everyone from the
Adjutant down acting in the picture. It makes an able com-
panion picture to last season's A Gay Time in Jacksonville when
the entire municipal forces were placed at the director's dis-
posal as well as the local company of militia. Jacksonville is nice
to the picture people when the picture people are nice to them,
and Mr. Hotaling can borrow anything from a policeman to the
City Hall 'because they know he will return what he borrows.
Working in the field with the Lubin section is anything but a
hardship. It's quite the reverse — except when those blamed thun-
der showers entail a marathon betheen stage and dryness.
MR. TAFT'S PARTY RETURNS FROM PANAMA.
On December 31st, L. J. Simons, cameraman of the Fea-
ture Film Manufacturing Company of Washington, returned
from the Panama Canal, where he had been with the presi-
dential party during Mr. Taft's inspection of the canal.
"During a number of years' experience as a cameraman I
have never had the privilege of taking such a remarkable
set of pictures," said Mr. Simons. "In addition to the presi-
dential inspection, many of the features were photographed
for the first time, and under the most favorable conditions,
as they were at their best for the olficial inspection by the
President^ — the first inspection of this nature. All the great
mechanical and engineering features were taken in actual
operation, showing the wonderful ingenuity and engineering
skill of the army of workers which have made this maritime
highway possible. All the locks were opened and closed,
controlling the enormous masses of water passing through
them. The mammoth spillway of the Gatun Dam was oper-
ated, the seas rushing through into the Chagres River, the
overflow filling the artificially created Lake Gatun."
1 GILBERT M. ANDERSON VISITS NEW YORK.
Gilbert M. Anderson, secretary of the Essanay Film Manu-
facturing Company and leading man of his own Western
company, has taken a leave of absence from his studio at
Niles, Cal., and during the holidays has been paying, a visit
to his mother in New York City. Mr. Anderson, who is a
life member of the Screen Club, and also first vice-president
of that organization, dropped in at the clubrooms on West
45th Street and was extended the glad hand by all the mem-
bers present. Mr. Anderson had not been in New York
for a year. It was in this city, by the way, that the creator
of the popular "Broncho Billy" pictures did his first work in
the silent drama, and where he was among the first to realize
the possibilities of motion pictures.
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